Table of Data Points

Tag : Pacific

1944-04-22Operation Persecution

Allied and American troops undertook an amphibious landing at Aitape in New Guinea. The operation was designed to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak.

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1944-03-091944-03-17Hill 700, Bougainville

Japanese troops launch a counter offensive on US troops defending Hill 700, Cannon Hill, and Hill 260. The counterattack was defeated with heavy losses for the Japanese army. The Japanese withdrew into the interior, north and south ends of the island.

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1944-02-281944-05-18Operation Brewer

A series of battles in the New Guinea campaign in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division occupied the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands.

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1944-02-171944-02-23Battle of Eniwetok Atoll

Supported by the successful a carrier strike against the Japanese base at Truk (Operation Hailstone), US troops invade and capture Eniwetok Atoll. The harbour and airfield were important for subsequent attacks on the Mariana Islands to the northwest.

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1944-02-171944-02-18Operation Hailstone

To ensure superiority for the upcoming invasion of Eniwetok Admiral Spruance ordered an attack on the Japanese base at Truk. Over 250 Japanese aircraft, 16 warships and 50 merchant ships are destroyed in the US naval air and surface attack.

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1944-02-05Hansa Bay Bombed

Seventy B-25s and A-20s attack Japanese positions in the Hansa Bay area.

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1944-02-04Truk Recon

Under cover of freak tropical storms, Major James Christonson and Captain James Yon flew liberator scout planes 850 miles from Torakina airfield to Truk. Taking aerial recon photos of Truk, they find the IJN combined fleet at anchor.

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1944-01-311944-02-03Battle of Kwajalein

American forces land and defeat Japanese defenders of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. U.S. troops overcame the beach line defense and subsequent islands were defended in depth, with many more casualties.

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1944-01-30Majuro

U.S. Troops invade and occupy the previously Japanese held island.

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1944-01-10Kuma Sunk

HMS Tally-Ho fired a seven-torpedo salvo from 1,900 yards. Kuma was hit starboard aft by two torpedoes, setting the ship on fire. Kuma sank by the stern, detonating her own depth-charges.

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