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battle of midway
was a crucial and decensive naval battle in the pacific theater of world war 2 between 3 and 7 june 1942 inly six months after japans attack on pearl harbor and one month after the battle of the coral sea the united states navy under admirals. -
battle of tarawa
was a battle in the pacific theather of world war 2 that was fought from november 23 1943 it took place at the tarawa atoll in the gilbert islands nearly 6,400 japenese koreans and americans died in the fighting mostly on and around the small island of betio in the extreme southwest of tarawa atoll. -
battle of anzio
was an important battle that began on january 22 1944 against the german forces in the area of anzio and nettuno the operation was commanded by u.s. army major general john p lucas and was intended to outflank german forces at the winter line and enable an attack on rome. -
battle of nancy
was a ten day battle on the western front of world war 2 witch the us 3rd army defeated german forces defending the approaches to nancy france and crossing over the moselle river to the north and south of the city -
battle of metz
fought of the city metz france from late september 1944 through mid-december between the united states army and the german army -
battle of luzon
The newsrells didnt capture were the 67 days it took to subdue the island with the loss of more than 55,000 japanese soilders during the two months of battle and approximately 25,000 more siolders killes in smaller scale engagements nessesary to fully clear the area of enemy troops -
battle of manila
this battle is known to be the fiercest and first urban fighting in the region very few battles during the last few months of ww2 are known to have exceeded the brutality and destruction in manila -
battle of Iwo jima
this battle was defended by roughly 23,000 japanese army and navy troops who fought from an elaborate network of caves dugouts tunnels and underground installations. -
battle of okinawa
this battle invovled the 287,000 troops of the u.s. tenth army against 130,000
