The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 476
... forces began a two - pronged advance toward the Philippines . Adm . Chester W. Nimitz ' Central Pacific forces drove straight westward ; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific forces leapfrogged along the northern New Guinea coast ...
... forces began a two - pronged advance toward the Philippines . Adm . Chester W. Nimitz ' Central Pacific forces drove straight westward ; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific forces leapfrogged along the northern New Guinea coast ...
Page 525
... Force makes its first large - scale daylight raid on Ruhr area . July 5 - Germans launch offensive against Kursk salient . July 9 - Allied forces invade Sicily ; German Kursk offen- sive is checked . July 12 - Russians open major ...
... Force makes its first large - scale daylight raid on Ruhr area . July 5 - Germans launch offensive against Kursk salient . July 9 - Allied forces invade Sicily ; German Kursk offen- sive is checked . July 12 - Russians open major ...
Page 527
... forces complete with- drawal into Bataan Peninsula . Jan. 11 - Japanese begin invasion of Netherlands East Indies . Jan. 20 - Japanese begin major offensive in Burma . Jan. 22 - MacArthur orders withdrawal to final Bataan defensive ...
... forces complete with- drawal into Bataan Peninsula . Jan. 11 - Japanese begin invasion of Netherlands East Indies . Jan. 20 - Japanese begin major offensive in Burma . Jan. 22 - MacArthur orders withdrawal to final Bataan defensive ...
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