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was aware that he lacked sufficient fortifications. He had 8,000 men, but only about half of them were soldiers; a large fraction of the rest were Korean laborers. To defend
Kwajalein, Akiyama planned to use an aerial counterstrike with his 110 aircraft to weaken the American landing forces. However,
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Americans used heavy gunfire support from battleships before the 22nd Marine Regiment, under Watson, waded ashore on 22 February. They captured the island and the entire atoll on 23 February. Of those engaged, 313 Americans died, 879 were wounded, and 77 were reported missing on
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Eniwetok's islands and islets housed enough room for airfields critical for the upcoming invasion of the
Marianas. Major General Yoshimi Nishida knew that it would be difficult to hold the main island of Eniwetok against the invasion. He had roughly 4,000 troops, half of them soldiers while the rest
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Marshalls, by contrast, were a much easier landing. The Americans used the lessons learned at Tarawa by outnumbering the enemy defenders nearly 6 to 1 with heavier firepower (including use of armor-piercing shells) after the islands took nearly a month of heavy air and naval bombardment. In the
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to land on Majuro. This marked the beginning of
Operation Flintlock, the invasion of Kwajalein. The island was seen as an important base for conducting air operations against the rest of the Marshall Islands and eventually the Marianas. The force took the lightly defended island in one day without
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repelled much of the bombardment by battleships. The landing group also faced the same logistical problems as the 22nd Marine
Regiment. Japanese forces concentrated in the southwest corner of the island counterattacked the American flank, forcing the Americans to attack mainly at night. Eniwetok
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landed on the northern island of Engebi. The landings were a logistical nightmare, with
American troops, gear, and supplies scattered along the beach. Walker and his Marines took the island on 18 February with 85 dead and 166 wounded. On 19 February, the 106th Infantry Regiment, under Lieutenant
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September 1942, and though initially numbering about 300, by the time the Americans invaded the island in November 1943, most of them had been evacuated back to Tarawa, leaving only 25 Special Naval Landing Forces behind to defend the island.
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3999:Battle of the Mediterranean
3852:Italian invasion of Albania
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1834:Rottman, Gordon (2013).
1736:World War II For Dummies
1585:MarshallsâGilberts raids
1270:Lieutenant Junior Grade
1164:MacArthur from the south
1154:bombers within range of
970:Second Sino-Japanese War
810:Estevan Point Lighthouse
565:Indian Ocean (1941â1945)
516:MarshallsâGilberts raids
417:MarshallsâGilberts raids
347:~5,100 killed or missing
23:MarshallsâGilberts raids
21:Not to be confused with
4994:Second Guangxi campaign
4849:Philippines (1944â1945)
4353:Battle of the Coral Sea
4256:Fall of the Philippines
3902:Battle of South Guangxi
3808:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
3214:Italian Social Republic
1875:Hoyt, Edwin P. (1979).
1734:Dickson, Keith (2001).
1565:assault on the Marianas
1365:50, under Rear Admiral
1209:Battle of the Coral Sea
1191:and Makin Islands (now
572:Japanese merchant raids
4579:Armistice of Cassibile
4381:Battle of Dutch Harbor
4332:Battle of the Java Sea
4235:Attack on Pearl Harbor
4135:SyriaâLebanon campaign
4128:Battle of South Shanxi
4098:Invasion of Yugoslavia
3881:Battle of the Atlantic
3495:Korean Liberation Army
3208:(until September 1943)
3165:(until September 1944)
3143:(until September 1944)
1459:27th Infantry Division
1353:As early as November,
1311:
1085:attack on Pearl Harbor
1077:Imperial Japanese Navy
871:Hiroshima and Nagasaki
715:Burma and India (1944)
538:Gilberts and Marshalls
316:Imperial Japanese Army
266:Imperial Japanese Navy
156:Commanders and leaders
4743:Second Battle of Guam
4639:Bengal famine of 1943
4609:Second Battle of Kiev
4565:Battle of the Dnieper
4270:Battle of Wake Island
4142:East African campaign
4084:Battle of South Henan
3729:atrocities by Germans
3502:Korean Volunteer Army
2483:Occupation of Germany
2237:Music in World War II
1852:New York, NY: Viking.
1305:
1185:South Seas Detachment
1083:three days after the
781:Philippines (1944â45)
739:Philippines (1941â42)
339:Casualties and losses
5029:Surrender of Germany
4507:Battle of West Hubei
4464:Guadalcanal campaign
4434:Battle of Stalingrad
4360:Battle of Madagascar
3134:Albania protectorate
2921:(formerly Swaziland)
2630:Wehrmacht war crimes
2446:Expulsion of Germans
2230:Art and World War II
2128:British contribution
2077:Governments in exile
1523:22nd Marine Regiment
1486:assault on Kwajalein
1480:under Major General
1367:Charles Alan Pownall
1228:raid on Makin Island
1217:Guadalcanal campaign
1023:campaign (in modern
582:Homfreyganj massacre
5203: /
5119:Potsdam Declaration
5008:Italy (Spring 1945)
4771:Liberation of Paris
4228:Siege of Sevastopol
3246:(until August 1944)
3149:Wang Jingwei regime
2971:from September 1943
2931:from September 1944
2869:from September 1944
2729:Romanian war crimes
2720:Persecution of Jews
2706:Croatian war crimes
2676:Japanese war crimes
2490:Occupation of Japan
2439:First Indochina War
2151:Military production
2063:Declarations of war
1590:Raid on Truk Lagoon
1478:4th Marine Division
1472:Battle of Kwajalein
1466:Battle of Kwajalein
1394:and light carriers
1254:, among them 3,000
1203:under the codename
1118:, commander of the
184:Raymond A. Spruance
5112:Surrender of Japan
4945:Battle of Iwo Jima
4794:Belgrade offensive
4207:Siege of Leningrad
4091:Battle of Shanggao
4020:British Somaliland
3985:Dunkirk evacuation
3936:Norwegian campaign
3874:Invasion of Poland
3701:Japanese prisoners
2669:Italian war crimes
2600:British war crimes
2515:Soviet occupations
2299:South-West Pacific
2186:Allied cooperation
2144:Military equipment
1513:Battle of Eniwetok
1507:Battle of Eniwetok
1501:Charles H. Corlett
1451:V Amphibious Corps
1312:
1310:about the invasion
1230:and the defeat at
1224:Carlson's Raiders'
1132:United States Navy
1120:United States Army
1109:South Seas Mandate
1095:' movement in the
929:Japanese surrender
895:Naval bombardments
825:Fire balloon bombs
548:Volcano and Ryukyu
543:Marianas and Palau
241:United States Army
189:Richmond K. Turner
173:United States Navy
5266:Douglas MacArthur
5261:Conflicts in 1945
5256:Conflicts in 1944
5251:Conflicts in 1943
5207:6.926°N 168.662°E
5186:
5185:
5144:
5143:
4987:Battle of Okinawa
4886:Burma (1944â1945)
4720:Mariana and Palau
4500:Tunisian campaign
4325:Fall of Singapore
4249:Fall of Hong Kong
3992:Battle of Britain
3845:Operation Himmler
3754:
3753:
3418:Dutch East Indies
3061:Southern Rhodesia
2813:
2812:
2713:Genocide of Serbs
2616:German war crimes
2593:Soviet war crimes
2586:Allied war crimes
2432:Division of Korea
2411:Chinese Civil War
2209:Strategic bombing
2121:Manhattan Project
1359:Seventh Air Force
1303:
1215:and later in the
1136:Chester W. Nimitz
1116:Douglas MacArthur
978:
977:
820:Lookout Air Raids
727:Southwest Pacific
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179:Chester W. Nimitz
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5017:
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4459:
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4429:
4422:
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4397:
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4388:Battle of Midway
4383:
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4374:Battle of Gazala
4369:
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4334:
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4284:Battle of Borneo
4279:
4277:Malayan campaign
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3187:
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3116:
3107:
3100:
3091:
3084:
3077:
3070:
3063:
3056:
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3042:
3039:from August 1944
3030:
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1850:Coral and Brass.
1846:
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1462:any casualties.
1441:Battle of Majuro
1416:
1320:Masami Kobayashi
1304:
1248:Battle of Tarawa
1242:Battle of Tarawa
1213:Battle of Midway
1179:Japanese forces
1101:Marshall Islands
1065:Marshall Islands
1037:Battle of Tarawa
950:Manchuria (1945)
805:Aleutian Islands
655:Indochina (1945)
625:Indochina (1940)
611:2nd Indian Ocean
594:1st Indian Ocean
589:Christmas Island
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223:Holland M. Smith
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204:Carl Henry Jones
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90:Marshall Islands
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4764:Eastern Romania
4762:
4757:Warsaw Uprising
4755:
4750:Tannenberg Line
4748:
4741:
4736:Western Ukraine
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4528:Battle of Kursk
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4126:
4121:Anglo-Iraqi War
4119:
4112:Battle of Crete
4110:
4103:
4096:
4089:
4082:
4069:
4060:
4053:
4046:
4041:Eastern Romania
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1081:Gilbert Islands
1073:
1041:Battle of Makin
989:Pacific theatre
981:
980:
979:
974:
966:
878:Mariana Islands
751:Solomon Islands
720:Burma (1944â45)
710:Burma (1942â43)
705:Burma (1941â42)
698:Burma and India
630:Franco-Thai War
577:Andaman Islands
504:Central Pacific
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4514:Battle of Attu
4510:
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4266:
4263:Battle of Guam
4259:
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4245:
4238:
4231:
4224:
4217:
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4203:
4196:
4189:
4186:Battle of Kiev
4182:
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3685:United Kingdom
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3082:United Kingdom
3078:
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2898:Czechoslovakia
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2815:
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2808:
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2798:
2795:Rape of Manila
2791:
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2566:United Nations
2562:
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2502:
2493:
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2425:Decolonization
2421:
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2250:
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2240:
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2205:
2198:
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2161:
2154:
2147:
2140:
2133:
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2110:
2109:
2108:
2101:
2098:United Kingdom
2094:
2080:
2073:
2066:
2059:
2052:
2045:
2038:
2037:
2036:
2021:
2019:
2010:
2006:
2005:
2003:
2002:
1995:
1988:
1987:
1986:
1979:
1972:
1960:
1959:
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1936:
1933:
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1924:
1917:
1910:
1902:
1896:
1895:
1881:
1872:
1861:
1858:
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1791:
1782:
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1721:
1708:
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1594:
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1592:
1587:
1580:
1577:
1548:
1545:
1527:John T. Walker
1525:under Colonel
1511:Main article:
1508:
1505:
1470:Main article:
1467:
1464:
1455:106th Infantry
1442:
1439:
1294:
1291:
1289:
1286:
1272:Seizo Ishikawa
1243:
1240:
1201:Ellice Islands
1176:
1173:
1171:
1168:
1072:
1069:
1047:and Operation
1015:and Operation
976:
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958:
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905:South Sakhalin
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660:Malacca Strait
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621:
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618:Southeast Asia
614:
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586:
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584:
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568:
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528:Doolittle Raid
525:
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464:
455:
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419:
413:
410:
409:
398:
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383:
375:
367:
366:
364:
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360:
359:~21,000 killed
356:
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305:
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287:
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247:Ralph C. Smith
244:
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15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
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5292:
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5264:
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5096:Kuril Islands
5093:
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4883:
4878:
4874:
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4864:
4863:Syrmian Front
4860:
4857:
4853:
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4843:
4839:
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4809:Market Garden
4805:
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4668:Monte Cassino
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4034:Baltic states
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3678:United States
3675:
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3614:Quá»c dân Äảng
3611:
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3314:Liechtenstein
3311:
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3111:
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2788:Comfort women
2785:
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2775:
2772: /
2771:
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2761: /
2760:
2757: /
2756:
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2748:Camp brothels
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2637:The Holocaust
2634:
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2627:
2624:
2623:forced labour
2620:
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2476:Marshall Plan
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2329:Eastern Front
2326:
2323:
2322:Western Front
2319:
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