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Category Archives: War in the Pacific

Warships – Destroyers and Escorts (Part 6)

In the last of our series on Destroyers and Escorts, we look at the confrontations between American and Japanese forces in the Solomons and Guadalcanal during WWII.

Posted byChris Chant02/04/201222/04/2012Posted inMaritime warfare, Military equipment, War in the Pacific, WWIITags: Battle of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands campaign

‘Longsuit’ and the Bloody Battle for Tarawa

A detailed account of the battle by American forces to reclaim the Tarawa atoll in the Gilbert Islands from Japanese control during World War II – as part of a bigger plan to reclaim Japanese-seized areas of the South-West Pacific and the Central Pacific.

Posted byChris Chant14/11/201129/11/2012Posted inMilitary History, War in the PacificTags: battle for Tarawa, war in the Pacific

Operation ‘Forager’ – the US forces move into the Mariana Islands

An account of Operation “Forager”, the Allied seizure of the northern part of the three largest Mariana islands from Japan, between June and August 1944.

Posted byChris Chant04/07/201118/07/2011Posted inWar in the PacificTags: Allied operations, Japanese, Operation Forager

Operations ‘Brewer’ & ‘Beefsteak’ – closing the door on the Japanese base areas of Rabaul and Kavieng

An account of the two US army operations ‘brewer’ and ‘beefsteak’, led against the Japanese during World War II.

Posted byChris Chant27/06/201118/07/2011Posted inWar in the Pacific, World War IITags: Japanese, Operation Beefsteak, Operation Brewer, US Army

The Battle for Iwo Jima

The order of battle and details for the allied forces’ assault on Iwo Jima.

Posted byChris Chant14/02/201130/04/2021Posted inWar in the PacificTags: Iwo Jima, Japanese, Operation Detachment, Operation Jericho

Iwo Jima – the penultimate step in the US advance to the Japanese home islands

Details of Japan’s defensive measures and plans on Iwo Jima, in preparation for the inevitable US invasion.

Posted byChris Chant07/02/201127/07/2011Posted inWar in the PacificTags: Iwo Jima, Japanese2 Comments on Iwo Jima – the penultimate step in the US advance to the Japanese home islands

The Japanese defeat on Guadalcanal – a turning point of World War II

Details of the Japanese retreat from Guadalcanal — a turning point in World War II.

Posted byChris Chant10/01/201105/02/2011Posted inNaval operations, War in the PacificTags: Guadalcanal, Japanese, Ke, Pacific theatre

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