The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War...
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the overall command of Chester W. Nimitz, followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Japanese bases in the central...
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the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in January and February 1944 and again, after three months of patrol and escort duty in the Solomon Islands, during...
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participating in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns in late 1943 and early 1944, and the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid-1944. There,...
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Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in late 1943 and early 1944, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid-1944, and the Philippines campaign in...
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) (category Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts)
surface and air attacks. In this capacity, she took part in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in 1943 and early 1944 and the Philippines campaign in...
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forces against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against...
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the 5th Fleet for the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign. This was the first major operation in the island-hopping campaign the US Navy would wage...
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for operations against Japan; the first of these was the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign that began in November that year. While operating in the...
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of the Gilbert Islands was the period in the history of Kiribati between 1941 and 1945 when Imperial Japanese forces occupied the Gilbert Islands during...
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campaign. New Guinea campaign New Britain campaign Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Operation Vengeance AirSols Battle of the...
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duty in the Pacific. Laden with troops and a cargo of planes, she steamed via Pearl Harbor for the Gilbert Islands, arriving off Tarawa Atoll 24 January...
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preparing for operations in the Gilbert Islands. The first target of the Gilbert and Marshall campaign was the island of Betio, the main Japanese position...
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the battles of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns. However, the raid did succeed in its objectives of boosting morale and testing Raider tactics...
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Battle of Kwajalein (category Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign)
of Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, the next step in the United States Navy's campaign in the central Pacific was the Marshall Island chain.: 7 ...
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island-hopping campaign across the central Pacific. Tennessee took part in the Aleutian Islands campaign in mid-1943, the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in...
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Battle of Makin (category Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign)
engagement of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 20 to 24 November 1943 on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On 10 December 1941, three...
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USS North Carolina (BB-55) (category Military and war museums in North Carolina)
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, which began with assaults on Makin, Tarawa, and Abemama. The group also included Massachusetts and Indiana and...
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Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in late 1943 and early 1944, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid-1944, and the Philippines campaign later...
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and Ryūkyū Islands campaign was a series of battles and engagements between Allied forces and Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean campaign of...
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Leapfrogging (strategy) (redirect from Island hopping campaign)
towards the island and capture the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and the Marianas, going generally in the direction of the Bonin Islands. The southern...
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Tassafaronga New Guinea campaign Solomon Islands Campaign Battle of the Bismark Sea Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 1943–44 Makin Island raid 17–18 August...
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Battle of Eniwetok (category Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign)
a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 17 to 23 February 1944 on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The invasion of Eniwetok...
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Frederick Ashworth (category People associated with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
carrying out these missions. He then participated in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign as aviation officer on the staff of Vice Admiral Richmond...
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Kwajalein and Eniwetok during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Western Pacific: 15 June 1944 – 2 September 1945, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign...
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The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country...
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The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan...
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was a member of the task force that carried out the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, and was the operations officer for the carrier task force...
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the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Philippines campaign. After the war, he commanded the Fifth Fleet and the...
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Operation Hailstone (redirect from Airstrike on Truk Island)
Japanese airfield within flying range of the Marshall Islands. Despite the impressions of U.S. Navy leaders and the American public concerning Truk's projected...
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