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1951:, proposed a lightning offense to retake Rabaul, which the Japanese were fortifying and using as a base of operations. The United States Navy advocated a more gradual approach from New Guinea and up the Solomon Island chain. These competing proposals were resolved by Admiral King and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General
1987:(a.k.a. "The Slot"). Many pitched battles were fought trying to stop Japanese supplies from getting through. So many ships were lost by both sides during the Guadalcanal campaign that the southern end of New Georgia Sound, the area north of Guadalcanal previously called Savo Sound, became known as "
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In a campaign of attrition fought on land, at sea, and in the air, the Allies wore the
Japanese down, inflicting irreplaceable losses on Japanese military assets. The Allies retook some of the Solomon Islands (although resistance continued until the end of the war), and they also isolated and
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Secret Order Number One, dated
November 1, 1941, the goals of the initial Japanese campaigns in the impending war were to " British and American strength from the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines, to establish a policy of autonomous self-sufficiency and economic independence."
1711:, during the first six months of 1942. The Japanese occupied these locations and began the construction of several naval and air bases with the goals of protecting the flank of the Japanese offensive in New Guinea, establishing a security barrier for the major Japanese base at
1750:) and small neighboring islands on 7 August 1942. These landings initiated a series of combined-arms battles between the two adversaries, beginning with the Guadalcanal landing and continuing with several battles in the central and northern Solomons, on and around
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on the west, through the Dutch East Indies on the south, and to island bases in the south and central
Pacific as its southeastern line of defense. Anchoring its defensive positions in the South Pacific was the major Japanese army and navy base at
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and thereby cut the supply lines between
Australia and the United States, with the goal of reducing or eliminating Australia as a threat to Japanese positions in the South Pacific. The Japanese Navy also
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in
January 1942. In March and April, Japanese forces occupied and began constructing an airfield at Buka in northern Bougainville, as well as an airfield and naval base at Buin, in southern Bougainville.
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neutralized some Japanese positions, which were then bypassed. The Solomon Islands campaign then converged with the
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and destroyed much of Japan's sea and air supremacy. This opened the way for Allied forces to
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Map of the Solomon Islands showing the Allied advance during 1943 and key air and naval bases.
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1935:, then Commander-in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, had advocated an offense from
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in New Guinea. Also part of the plan was a Navy operation to capture
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2002:—launched on June 30, 1943, isolated and
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1943:. Following the victory at Midway, General
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3099:Shaw, Henry I.; Douglas T. Kane (1963).
2167:, p. 5, Spector, pp. 152–53, and Frank,
2154:Murray, pp. 169–195, Spector, pp. 152–53
2134:
2077:
1911:proposed a future invasion of Australia
5158:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union
3158:
3148:
2905:Craven, Wesley Frank; James Lea Cate.
2486:. Hicksville, NY, USA: BPC Publishing.
7321:Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
6029:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
5461:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
5107:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
5063:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
4168:Rape during the occupation of Germany
2832:"The Coast Guard and the Pacific War"
2041:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
7:
5151:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
4183:Rape during the liberation of France
3042:"CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul"
2951:. New Zealand Electronic Text Center
2480:Griffith, Brig. Gen. Samuel B (USMC)
2299:. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press.
6684:Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2911:The Army Air Forces in World War II
2512:Naval Night Battles of the Solomons
1939:through the Solomon Islands to the
7396:Military campaigns involving Japan
7061:Countries and territories occupied
5377:German invasion of the Netherlands
3657:Weather events during World War II
3235:"Secondary Bibliography by Author"
3196:U.S. Army Air Forces (July 1945).
2913:. U.S. Office of Air Force History
2871:(translation of excerpts from the
1872:Japanese advance into the Solomons
25:
6008:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
3084:"Marines in the Central Solomons"
3025:WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
2977:WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
2887:World War II Commemorative series
2777:. New York: E. P. Duton & Co.
2747:Australia in the War of 1939–1945
2604:Australia in the War of 1939–1945
2583:from the original on May 24, 2024
2540:Australia in the War of 1939–1945
2466:from the original on May 24, 2024
2367:from the original on May 24, 2024
2334:from the original on May 24, 2024
2278:from the original on May 24, 2024
2245:from the original on May 24, 2024
7147:
6692:
6568:
3242:Australia-Japan Research Project
3101:"Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul"
2979:. Marine Corps Historical Center
2830:Browning, Robert M. Jr. (1999).
2535:Volume VII – The Final Campaigns
2200:Memorandum of King for President
1581:Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
1318:Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
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7311:Solomon Islands in World War II
2484:History of the Second World War
2317:Warship Losses of World War Two
2118:"Cactus" was the code name for
1947:, who had taken command of the
6255:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
3965:Territorial changes of Germany
3873:Indonesian National Revolution
2683:Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier
2198:Spector, pp. 185, 201, citing
2066:Battle of the Treasury Islands
1863:, New Britain, which had been
1:
5655:Japanese invasion of Thailand
5606:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
5370:German invasion of Luxembourg
3751:Mediterranean and Middle East
3274:Hungerford, T. A. G. (1952).
3260:. New Zealand Defence Force.
3175:U.S. Army Air Forces (1992).
2943:Gillespie, Oliver A. (1952).
2839:U. S. Coast Guard Photography
1865:captured from the Australians
72:January 1942 – 21 August 1945
5562:Invasion of the Soviet Union
5251:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
4569:Independent State of Croatia
1227:Manchuria and Northern Korea
7366:1945 in the Solomon Islands
7361:1944 in the Solomon Islands
7356:1943 in the Solomon Islands
7351:1942 in the Solomon Islands
7109:Andaman and Nicobar Islands
6546:End of World War II in Asia
6386:Western invasion of Germany
5893:Chinese famine of 1942–1943
5870:Second Battle of El Alamein
5440:Hundred Regiments Offensive
5412:Battle of the Mediterranean
5265:Italian invasion of Albania
3439:Air warfare of World War II
3019:Melson, Charles D. (1993).
1025:Dutch East Indies (1941–42)
982:Strategic bombing (1944–45)
7412:
6472:Naval bombardment of Japan
5840:First Battle of El Alamein
5759:Battle of Christmas Island
5704:Japanese invasion of Burma
5468:Italian invasion of Greece
5384:German invasion of Belgium
5356:German invasion of Denmark
5329:1939–1940 Winter Offensive
5198:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
3462:Comparative military ranks
2627:McGee, William L. (2002).
2510:Kilpatrick, C. W. (1987).
2495:(Reissue ed.). Jove.
2431:. New York: Random House.
2291:Bergerud, Eric M. (2000).
2258:Bergerud, Eric M. (1997).
1880:, a joint plan to capture
1695:. The campaign began with
1342:Dutch East Indies campaign
1174:Volcano and Ryukyu Islands
7316:Campaigns of World War II
7145:
7003:
6898:
6859:
6776:
6710:
6690:
6561:
6393:Bratislava–Brno offensive
6324:Dutch famine of 1944–1945
5948:Allied invasion of Sicily
5808:Aleutian Islands campaign
5780:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
5718:Greek famine of 1941–1944
5613:Second Battle of Changsha
5518:German invasion of Greece
5363:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
3705:North and Central Pacific
3348:
3290:Kwai, Anna Annie (2017).
3061:Mersky, Peter B. (1993).
3040:Miller, John Jr. (1959).
2817:. New York: W. W. Norton.
2659:Little, Brown and Company
2596:McCarthy, Dudley (1959).
2569:. Naval Institute Press.
2446:Gailey, Harry A. (1991).
2407:. Naval Institute Press.
2347:D'Albas, Andrieu (1965).
2320:. Naval Institute Press.
2225:Altobello, Brian (2000).
2008:recapture the Philippines
1313:
790:
654:
646:Solomon Islands campaign
588:
223:
111:
64:
53:
41:
6672:Solomon Islands campaign
5985:Allied invasion of Italy
5962:Solomon Islands campaign
5711:Third Battle of Changsha
5308:First Battle of Changsha
5214:Second Sino-Japanese War
4154:German military brothels
4020:United States war crimes
3119:WW2DB: Solomons Campaign
2964:Hoffman, Jon T. (1995).
2881:Chapin, John C. (1997).
2228:Into the Shadows Furious
1681:Solomon Islands campaign
1559:Neutralisation of Rabaul
1425:Solomon Islands campaign
1261:Second Sino-Japanese War
1101:Estevan Point Lighthouse
856:Indian Ocean (1941–1945)
807:Marshalls–Gilberts raids
740:Neutralisation of Rabaul
605:1,500 aircraft destroyed
37:Solomon Islands campaign
18:Solomon Islands Campaign
6650:British Solomon Islands
6407:Second Guangxi campaign
6262:Philippines (1944–1945)
5766:Battle of the Coral Sea
5669:Fall of the Philippines
5315:Battle of South Guangxi
5221:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
4627:Italian Social Republic
3276:The Ridge and the River
3256:Crawford, John (1992).
3231:Australian War Memorial
3133:. 2004 . Archived from
2751:Australian War Memorial
2739:Odgers, George (1968).
2608:Australian War Memorial
2544:Australian War Memorial
2491:Hoyt, Edwin P. (1990).
2061:Battle of the Coral Sea
2012:Netherlands East Indies
1949:South West Pacific Area
1922:Battle of the Coral Sea
1709:Territory of New Guinea
1701:British Solomon Islands
863:Japanese merchant raids
86:Territory of New Guinea
82:British Solomon Islands
6946:Big man (anthropology)
5992:Armistice of Cassibile
5794:Battle of Dutch Harbor
5745:Battle of the Java Sea
5648:Attack on Pearl Harbor
5548:Syria–Lebanon campaign
5541:Battle of South Shanxi
5511:Invasion of Yugoslavia
5294:Battle of the Atlantic
4908:Korean Liberation Army
4621:(until September 1943)
4578:(until September 1944)
4556:(until September 1944)
2926:Dyer, George Carroll.
2563:Lord, Walter (2006) .
2399:Dull, Paul S. (1978).
1916:Japanese naval forces
1162:Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1006:Burma and India (1944)
829:Gilberts and Marshalls
598:800 aircraft destroyed
224:Commanders and leaders
6156:Second Battle of Guam
6052:Bengal famine of 1943
6022:Second Battle of Kiev
5978:Battle of the Dnieper
5683:Battle of Wake Island
5555:East African campaign
5497:Battle of South Henan
5142:atrocities by Germans
4915:Korean Volunteer Army
3896:Occupation of Germany
3650:Music in World War II
2789:Eagle Against the Sun
2709:May 24, 2024, at the
2677:Morison, Samuel Eliot
2647:Morison, Samuel Eliot
2493:Glory Of The Solomons
2314:Brown, David (1990).
2165:A Priceless Advantage
2143:A Priceless Advantage
2019:Bougainville campaign
1789:the Japanese attacked
1072:Philippines (1944–45)
1030:Philippines (1941–42)
589:Casualties and losses
7391:Wars involving Tonga
6442:Surrender of Germany
5920:Battle of West Hubei
5877:Guadalcanal campaign
5847:Battle of Stalingrad
5773:Battle of Madagascar
4547:Albania protectorate
4334:(formerly Swaziland)
4043:Wehrmacht war crimes
3859:Expulsion of Germans
3643:Art and World War II
3541:British contribution
3490:Governments in exile
3082:Rentz, John (1952).
2992:Lofgren, Stephen J.
2899:Also available at:
2631:. BMC Publications.
2514:. Exposition Press.
2046:Guadalcanal Campaign
2036:New Britain campaign
2000:New Guinea campaigns
1981:"Rat Transportation"
1973:Guadalcanal Campaign
1941:Bismarck Archipelago
1775:Strategic background
1748:Guadalcanal campaign
1537:New Britain campaign
873:Homfreyganj massacre
259:Alexander Vandegrift
6667:Japanese occupation
6532:Potsdam Declaration
6421:Italy (Spring 1945)
6184:Liberation of Paris
5641:Siege of Sevastopol
4659:(until August 1944)
4562:Wang Jingwei regime
4384:from September 1943
4344:from September 1944
4282:from September 1944
4142:Romanian war crimes
4133:Persecution of Jews
4119:Croatian war crimes
4089:Japanese war crimes
3903:Occupation of Japan
3852:First Indochina War
3564:Military production
3476:Declarations of war
3137:on January 25, 2008
2353:. Devin-Adair Pub.
2211:Spector, pp. 185–86
2189:Spector, pp. 143–44
2180:Spector, pp. 152–53
2051:Operation Vengeance
2031:New Guinea campaign
1996:Operation Cartwheel
1764:New Guinea campaign
1544:Operation Cartwheel
1454:New Guinea campaign
706:New Georgia Islands
561:Harukichi Hyakutake
403:William S. Marchant
391:Harold Barrowclough
303:Frank Jack Fletcher
7286:South Seas Mandate
6874:Telecommunications
6655:Colonial governors
6525:Surrender of Japan
6358:Battle of Iwo Jima
6207:Belgrade offensive
5620:Siege of Leningrad
5504:Battle of Shanggao
5433:British Somaliland
5398:Dunkirk evacuation
5349:Norwegian campaign
5287:Invasion of Poland
5114:Japanese prisoners
4082:Italian war crimes
4013:British war crimes
3928:Soviet occupations
3712:South-West Pacific
3599:Allied cooperation
3557:Military equipment
3006:on January 3, 2012
2841:. U.S. Coast Guard
2783:Spector, Ronald H.
2757:on August 27, 2006
2614:on August 27, 2006
2550:on August 27, 2006
2231:. Presidio Press.
2004:neutralized Rabaul
1959:Course of campaign
1953:George C. Marshall
1481:Nassau Bay Landing
1220:Japanese surrender
1186:Naval bombardments
1116:Fire balloon bombs
839:Volcano and Ryukyu
834:Marianas and Palau
336:Theodore Wilkinson
314:Richmond K. Turner
281:William Halsey Jr.
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143: •
7346:Conflicts in 1945
7341:Conflicts in 1944
7336:Conflicts in 1943
7331:Conflicts in 1942
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7290:Northern Marianas
7241:Dutch East Indies
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6833:Political parties
6791:Foreign relations
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6400:Battle of Okinawa
6299:Burma (1944–1945)
6133:Mariana and Palau
5913:Tunisian campaign
5738:Fall of Singapore
5662:Fall of Hong Kong
5405:Battle of Britain
5258:Operation Himmler
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4831:Dutch East Indies
4474:Southern Rhodesia
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4126:Genocide of Serbs
4029:German war crimes
4006:Soviet war crimes
3999:Allied war crimes
3845:Division of Korea
3824:Chinese Civil War
3622:Strategic bombing
3534:Manhattan Project
3210:on April 28, 2007
2995:Northern Solomons
2866:978-0-9751904-8-7
2771:Okumiya, Masatake
1985:New Georgia Sound
1963:On 7 August 1942
1945:Douglas MacArthur
1836:Dutch East Indies
1674:
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1574:Wide Bay–Open Bay
1496:Admiralty Islands
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1111:Lookout Air Raids
1018:Southwest Pacific
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1781:actions in China
1442:Treasury Islands
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2443:
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2423:Frank, Richard
2419:
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2191:
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2122:on Guadalcanal
2111:
2099:
2090:
2084:Commanded the
2076:
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2070:
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2068:
2063:
2058:
2053:
2048:
2043:
2038:
2033:
2026:
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1960:
1957:
1873:
1870:
1808:Combined Fleet
1776:
1773:
1771:
1768:
1723:powers of the
1672:
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1669:
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1663:
1658:
1653:
1648:
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1608:2nd Corregidor
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1498:
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1491:Huon Peninsula
1488:
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1416:2nd Balikpapan
1413:
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1398:
1393:
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1378:
1373:
1368:
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1359:1st Balikpapan
1356:
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1335:1st Corregidor
1332:
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1193:
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951:Malacca Strait
948:
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909:Southeast Asia
905:
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528:Gunichi Mikawa
498:Jinichi Kusaka
487:Kiyohide Shima
435:Chūichi Nagumo
406:
380:Stanley Savige
347:Oscar Griswold
237:Chester Nimitz
226:
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140:United Kingdom
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6908:Ethnic groups
6906:
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6509:Kuril Islands
6506:
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6280:
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6276:Syrmian Front
6273:
6270:
6266:
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6256:
6252:
6249:
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6243:
6240:
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6222:Market Garden
6218:
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6081:Monte Cassino
6078:
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5469:
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5462:
5458:
5455:
5451:
5448:
5447:Baltic states
5444:
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5437:
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5427:
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5406:
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5127:
5122:
5118:
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5115:
5111:
5108:
5104:
5099:
5095:
5092:
5091:United States
5088:
5083:
5079:
5078:
5076:
5072:
5071:
5067:
5064:
5060:
5059:
5057:
5055:
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5044:
5040:
5035:
5031:
5028:
5027:Quốc dân Đảng
5024:
5023:
5019:
5016:
5012:
5009:
5005:
5002:
4998:
4995:
4991:
4988:
4984:
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4977:
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4970:
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4912:
4909:
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4902:
4898:
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4756:
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4727:Liechtenstein
4724:
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4717:
4714:
4710:
4707:
4703:
4700:
4696:
4695:
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4511:United States
4508:
4503:
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4492:
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4468:
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4216:
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4201:Comfort women
4198:
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4185: /
4184:
4180:
4177:
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4173:
4170: /
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4161:Camp brothels
4158:
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4086:
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4079:
4074:
4070:
4065:
4061:
4058:
4054:
4053:
4051:
4050:The Holocaust
4047:
4044:
4040:
4037:
4036:forced labour
4033:
4032:
4030:
4026:
4021:
4017:
4014:
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4007:
4003:
4002:
4000:
3996:
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3993:
3991:
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3922:
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3907:
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3897:
3893:
3890:
3889:Marshall Plan
3886:
3883:
3882:
3877:
3874:
3870:
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3769:
3766:
3762:
3759:
3755:
3754:
3752:
3748:
3743:
3742:Eastern Front
3739:
3736:
3735:Western Front
3732:
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3725:
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3629:Puppet states
3626:
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3607:
3603:
3600:
3596:
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3593:
3589:
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3572:
3571:Naval history
3568:
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3554:
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3518:United States
3515:
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7251:West Sumatra
7069:World War II
6951:Coat of arms
6903:Demographics
6864:Central bank
6801:Human rights
6740:Rain forests
6671:
6662:World War II
6583:Bibliography
6566:
6379:Project Hula
6344:Vistula–Oder
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5121:Soviet Union
5075:Soviet Union
5001:Soviet Union
4769:Vatican City
4679:Vichy France
4584:German Reich
4481:Soviet Union
4467:South Africa
4460:Sierra Leone
4413:Newfoundland
4232:Participants
4215:Marocchinate
3919:
3910:
3880:
3758:North Africa
3719:Indian Ocean
3578:Nazi plunder
3469:Cryptography
3342:World War II
3292:
3275:
3257:
3245:. Retrieved
3241:
3212:. Retrieved
3205:the original
3185:. Retrieved
3181:Wings at War
3180:
3139:. Retrieved
3135:the original
3125:
3108:. Retrieved
3104:
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3071:. Retrieved
3066:
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3045:
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3024:
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3004:the original
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2915:. Retrieved
2910:
2891:. Retrieved
2886:
2874:Senshi Sōsho
2872:
2855:
2843:. Retrieved
2838:
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2809:Toll, Ian W.
2788:
2774:
2759:. Retrieved
2755:the original
2749:. Canberra:
2741:
2719:
2686:
2685:, vol. 6 of
2682:
2654:
2653:, vol. 5 of
2650:
2628:
2616:. Retrieved
2612:the original
2606:. Canberra:
2598:
2585:. Retrieved
2565:
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2548:the original
2542:. Canberra:
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2171:, pp. 21–22.
2168:
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2137:
2114:
2093:
2080:
2016:
1993:
1965:U.S. Marines
1962:
1937:New Hebrides
1930:
1915:
1894:Ocean Island
1882:Port Moresby
1878:Operation Mo
1875:
1813:
1797:Pearl Harbor
1778:
1760:
1756:Bougainville
1754:Island, and
1737:
1705:Bougainville
1693:World War II
1683:was a major
1680:
1678:
1651:North Borneo
1639:
1632:
1513:
1506:
1501:Aitape-Wewak
1486:Salamaua-Lae
1476:Bismarck Sea
1466:Kokoda Track
1447:Bougainville
1424:
1411:North Borneo
1259:
1258:
1233:
1213:
1179:
1126:
1121:Project Hula
1106:Fort Stevens
1041:
1035:
975:
968:
961:
849:Ocean Island
812:
802:Pearl Harbor
728:Bougainville
692:
688:
681:
674:
644:
539:Raizo Tanaka
514:
476:Takeo Kurita
440:
421:
117:
112:Belligerents
48:World War II
42:Part of the
29:
7236:Netherlands
7186:Wake Island
7181:Philippines
6314:Bodenplatte
6200:Gothic Line
5426:West Africa
4973:Philippines
4952:Netherlands
4817:Czech lands
4755:Switzerland
4699:Afghanistan
4650:Philippines
4518:Puerto Rico
4434:Philippines
4420:New Zealand
4406:Netherlands
4359:Free France
4110:Prosecution
3911:Osoaviakhim
3781:West Africa
3765:East Africa
3412:Conferences
3247:November 6,
3214:December 8,
3187:December 8,
3169:Pacific War
3159:|work=
3141:December 8,
3110:October 18,
3073:October 20,
3052:October 20,
2934:October 20,
2917:October 20,
2845:December 7,
2761:November 2,
2618:November 2,
2554:November 2,
2530:Long, Gavin
2264:. Penguin.
2169:Guadalcanal
1969:Guadalcanal
1933:Ernest King
1844:New Britain
1840:Wake Island
1820:Philippines
1752:New Georgia
1744:Guadalcanal
1733:New Zealand
1717:New Britain
1689:Pacific War
1514:Persecution
1437:New Georgia
1432:Guadalcanal
1406:2nd Tarakan
1354:1st Tarakan
1246:Mutanchiang
1067:New Britain
783:Pacific War
669:Guadalcanal
201:New Zealand
7305:Categories
7246:New Guinea
7124:New Guinea
6971:Literature
6823:Parliament
6414:West Hunan
6247:Pointblank
5583:Silver Fox
5569:Summer War
5322:Winter War
5301:Phoney War
5082:Azerbaijan
5043:Yugoslavia
4938:Luxembourg
4780:Resistance
4527:Yugoslavia
4392:Luxembourg
4194:Sook Ching
3990:War crimes
3592:Technology
3585:Opposition
3527:Lend-Lease
3504:Australian
3497:Home front
3455:Blitzkrieg
3405:Casualties
3396:Commanders
3368:Operations
2983:August 29,
2973:(brochure)
2893:August 30,
2657:. Boston:
2130:References
1967:landed on
1770:Background
1666:Balikpapan
1593:Leyte Gulf
1401:2nd Borneo
1349:1st Borneo
1330:1st Bataan
1191:Sagami Bay
1180:Starvation
1062:New Guinea
369:Eric Feldt
325:Roy Geiger
7281:Manchukuo
7274:1931–1945
7207:Mengkiang
7134:Singapore
7100:Hong Kong
6923:Squatting
6913:Languages
6879:Transport
6813:Judiciary
6786:Elections
6750:Volcanoes
6735:Provinces
6720:Mountains
6703:Geography
6479:Manchuria
6365:Indochina
6141:Bagration
5592:Lithuania
5237:Anschluss
5034:Viet Minh
4931:Lithuania
4873:Hong Kong
4643:Manchukuo
4598:Azad Hind
4257:Australia
4057:Aftermath
3920:Paperclip
3815:Aftermath
3615:Total war
3483:Diplomacy
3446:In Europe
3161:ignored (
3151:cite book
2587:March 26,
2470:March 26,
2371:March 26,
2338:March 26,
2282:March 26,
2249:March 26,
1832:Singapore
1816:Hong Kong
1729:Australia
1707:, in the
1507:Recklesss
1471:Buna–Gona
1461:Coral Sea
1325:Lamon Bay
1235:Kantokuen
1142:Air raids
1057:Australia
1047:Coral Sea
941:Singapore
936:Hong Kong
682:Vengeance
188:Australia
7258:Portugal
7219:Cambodia
7019:Category
6918:Religion
6869:Currency
6827:Building
6818:Monarchy
6769:Politics
6755:Wildlife
6590:Category
6539:document
6449:document
6306:Ardennes
6290:Budapest
6238:Crossbow
6116:Overlord
5955:Smolensk
5173:Timeline
5008:Slovakia
4994:Thailand
4845:Ethiopia
4810:Bulgaria
4734:Portugal
4672:Thailand
4554:Bulgaria
4332:Eswatini
4325:Ethiopia
4278:Bulgaria
4103:Unit 731
4064:Response
3881:Keelhaul
3831:Cold War
3804:Americas
3795:timeline
3788:Atlantic
3668:Theaters
3010:June 14,
2955:July 11,
2811:(2015).
2785:(1985).
2707:Archived
2679:(1958).
2649:(1958).
2581:Archived
2532:(1963).
2464:Archived
2425:(1990).
2365:Archived
2332:Archived
2276:Archived
2243:Archived
2163:Parker,
2141:Parker,
2025:See also
1824:Thailand
1758:Island.
1697:Japanese
1685:campaign
1661:Beaufort
1618:Mindanao
1525:Noemfoor
1391:Java Sea
1253:Chongjin
1214:Downfall
1152:Yokosuka
969:Tiderace
926:Thailand
723:Choiseul
77:Location
7229:Vietnam
7067:during
7063:by the
7010:Outline
6956:Cuisine
6933:Culture
6892:Society
6852:Economy
6781:Cabinet
6715:Islands
6642:History
6516:Shumshu
6283:Hungary
6230:Estonia
6214:Lapland
6192:Dragoon
6125:Neptune
6107:Ichi-Go
6073:Tempest
6015:Changde
5970:Cottage
5862:Jubilee
5578:Finland
5476:Compass
5182:Prelude
5135:Finland
5021:Vietnam
4987:Romania
4859:Germany
4838:Estonia
4824:Denmark
4803:Belgium
4796:Austria
4789:Albania
4720:Ireland
4706:Andorra
4690:Neutral
4657:Romania
4591:Hungary
4576:Finland
4448:Romania
4340:Finland
4318:Denmark
4264:Belgium
4250:Algeria
3956:Romania
3942:Hungary
3698:Pacific
3422:General
3376:Leaders
3361:Battles
3354:Outline
3090:May 30,
2218:Sources
2145:, p. 3.
2056:AirSols
1687:of the
1646:Tarakan
1613:Visayas
1564:Talasea
1530:Morotai
1376:Sumatra
1206:Shumshu
1091:Ellwood
956:Vietnam
515:†
441:†
422:†
103:victory
7214:France
7114:Malaya
6941:Anthem
6745:Rivers
6493:Debate
6465:Taipei
6458:Borneo
6036:Tarawa
5230:Europe
5191:Africa
4980:Poland
4966:Norway
4945:Malaya
4924:Latvia
4866:Greece
4852:France
4748:Sweden
4713:Bhutan
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