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Hace 2 días · The 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 of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
- 1 April – 22 June 1945, (2 months and 3 weeks)
- Allied victory
30 de abr. de 2024 · Battle of the Coral Sea, (May 4–8, 1942) World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force that had been heading for strategic Port Moresby in New Guinea.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- 4–7 June 1942
- American victory
Hace 5 días · Wake Island, a small atoll located in the Pacific Ocean, holds a significant place in world history. This remote and strategically important location played a crucial role during World War II,...
Hace 2 días · Background. The Allied campaigns of August 1942 to early 1944 had driven Japanese forces from many of their island bases in the south and central Pacific Ocean, while isolating many of their other bases (most notably in the Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Marshall Islands, and Wake Island), and in June 1944, a series of American amphibious landings ...
- 23–26 October 1944
- Allied victory
25 de abr. de 2024 · Battle of Wake Island - First assault. On December 8, 1941, hours after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the Japanese launched 36 Mitsubishi G3M3 bombers to begin their assault on Wake Island.
7 de may. de 2024 · In 1978, Bikini Islanders from the Marshall Islands, who were evacuated in the 1950s and 1960s because of US nuclear tests, considered rehoming on Wake Island, but the US military rejected that plan. Since the 1970s, the island has been important for missile defense testing.
