The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack...
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Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific...
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Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert...
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Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK, FAA LID: AWK) is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island...
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The Wake Island Device is an award device of the United States military which is presented as a campaign clasp to both the Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary...
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American aircraft carrier Battle of Wake Island, an early World War II battle for the island USS Wake, a WW2 ship named for Wake Island This disambiguation...
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The Battle of Ramree Island (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the...
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The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji...
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Shigematsu Sakaibara (category Battle of Wake Island)
Retrieved 2007-08-25. The Defense of Wake A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island Part Three: The Defense of Wake Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2000–2005)...
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Winfield S. Cunningham (category Battle of Wake Island)
Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the...
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USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission...
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name, that the island became known in Japanese as the "Emperor's Island." In the US, it was a controversial battle because of the island's negligible strategic...
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Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific. The island is cut in half by a partially completed WW2 submarine...
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Medal bar (redirect from Battle clasp)
This was issued to represent the medal bar for fighting in the Battle of Wake Island. Achievement bars are used to indicate a particular or additional...
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staging point for bomber attacks on Wake Island. Typical of Japanese naval planning during World War II, Yamamoto's battle plan for taking Midway (named Operation...
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Island. Wake Island is a remote Pacific island used as a US military base, and the site of a WW2 Battle in December 1941 (Battle of Wake Island). Yangtze...
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1941 Battle of Wake Island 7–23 December 1941 Philippines campaign 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942 Battle of Bataan Battle of Corregidor Battle of Ambon...
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Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter...
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VMFA-211 (category Battle of Wake Island)
attack squadron, currently consisting of F-35B Lightning II stealth STOVL strike fighter jets. Known as the "Wake Island Avengers" and the "Bastion Defenders"...
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Henry T. Elrod (category Battle of Wake Island)
the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II, for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island. Elrod was born on September 27, 1905...
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Sadamichi Kajioka (category Battle of Wake Island)
Japanese forces involved in the Battle of Wake Island. A native of Ehime prefecture, Kajioka graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval...
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The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place...
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Leapfrogging (strategy) (redirect from Island hopping)
Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was an amphibious military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World...
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Guadalcanal campaign (redirect from Battle of guadalcanal)
Dutch East Indies, Wake Island, Gilbert Islands, New Britain and Guam. The U.S. was joined in the war against Japan by several of the Allied powers, including...
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Aritomo Gotō (category Japanese admirals of World War II)
the second assault on Wake Island in which Japanese troops were able to capture the island after the intense Battle of Wake Island. In May 1942, from CruDiv6...
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part of the Kuril Islands dispute between Russia, Japan, and other parties. Battle of Shumshu Japanese evacuation of Karafuto and the Kuril Islands Glantz...
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Paul A. Putnam (category United States Marine Corps pilots of World War II)
VMF-211 during the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the defense of Wake Island. He survived three and...
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The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed...
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The Battle of Changde (Battle of Changteh; simplified Chinese: 常德会战; traditional Chinese: 常德會戰; pinyin: Chángdé Huìzhàn) was a major engagement in the...
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Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg,: 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island...
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