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646. Mariana Islands, 15 June 1944

Jim got #645!


By now Allied advances in the Pacific resulted in the capture of the Solomon Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Papuan peninsula of New Guinea. This brought the Allies up against the main Japanese defense line in the Pacific: the Caroline Islands, Palau Islands and Mariana Islands. If the Allies took the Marianas, then Tokyo would be in striking distance.



| posted by John, 7:29 AM

4 Comments:

Nicholas Cage in Wind Talkers. This is a great movie.

Nora
Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:02 AM  
This film is John Woo's Windtalkers. I see Nicolas Cage with an actor I'm not familiar with, perhaps Adam Beach.
Blogger Jim, at 8:02 AM  
How nice - a tie !
Blogger Jim, at 8:03 AM  
We have a tie! I'm surprised how often that happens.
Blogger John, at 8:13 AM  

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