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The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign was a series of engagements fought from August 1942 to February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan. They were the first battles of a large-scale offensive across the Central Pacific by the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps .
The American invasion of the Marshall Islands began on January 31, 1944, during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign. The Americans simultaneously invaded Majuro and Kwajalein. [195] By autumn 1944, the Americans controlled all of the Marshall Islands, except for Jaluit, Maloelap, Mili, and Wotje. [196]
During the conference (which lasts until 8 February), the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) agrees to major reforms to the French colonial empire. : U.S. Navy shelling and carrier bombing began in the Marshall Islands , preliminary to invasions the following day.
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US Army Campaigns in World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-23. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013; Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine Landings in the Marshall Islands ; Heinl, Robert D., and John A. Crown (1954). "The Marshalls: Increasing the Tempo". USMC Historical Monograph. Historical Division ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Wars and conflicts involving the Marshall Islands through ... following subcategory. W. Marshall Islands in World War II ...
The Marshalls–Gilberts raids were tactical airstrikes and naval artillery attacks by United States Navy aircraft carrier and other warship forces against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942.
Marshall Islands in World War II — part of the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II Pages in category "Marshall Islands in World War II" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.