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10 wrz 2024 · On Sept. 5, 1945, the Japanese surrendered aboard the USS Tillman in Yap harbor, one month after the bombing of Hiroshima. Today the men who fought in that battle are memorialized in more than one...
21 lip 2021 · Guam was invaded by Japan in 1941, and this invasion lasted until 1944 when American troops won the second Battle of Guam. Short as the period may seem, it still left its mark. Some members of the older generation speak Japanese, and there are numerous historical sites across the island.
13 sie 2017 · The United States took control of Guam after the Second Battle of Guam and turned the island into an important strategic foothold in the Pacific theater.
17 wrz 2024 · An overgrown airfield on a small island in the Pacific, once instrumental in America's role in ending World War II, is being reclaimed by the U.S. Air Force as it prepares for a...
On 15 August, Admiral Nimitz directed that his for ward CinCPac-CinCPOA headquarters be established on Guam, and from here, he directed the rest of the Pacific War. Soon after, from airfields on Guam, as well as those on Tinian, B-29s were blasting the Japanese home islands.
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese from the United States in the First Battle of Guam in 1941 during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
28 lis 2021 · This article celebrates 12 special American fighter planes of WW2 and their performances, though perhaps not impressive according to modern aviation standards. It exemplifies a period in history that recorded the most unprecedented evolution in aircraft technology.
