MARSHALL island / Atoll GILBERT island / Gilbert Islands / Ocean Island / Kwajalein / Japanese islands / Pearl Harbor Strike MARIANA ISLANDS 20° AUG MARSHALL ISLANDS / Philippine Islands / Coral Sea / Midway OCEAN MIDWAY ISLANDS / Truk / 160° SEA / /
Organization
Fifth Fleet / 6th Base Force / U.S. Army Center of Military History / 4th Marine Division / League of Nations Charter / Army / United States Marine Corps / V Amphibious Corps / U.S. Army’s 27th Infantry Division / Imperial Japanese Army / Imperial Japanese Navy / independent 22d Marine Regiment / United Nations / 7th Infantry Division / United States Army / Fifth Amphibious Force / U.S. Army / United States Navy / JCS War Plans Committee / /
Person
GORDON R. SULLIVAN / John T. Walker / Chester W. Nimitz / Raymond A. Spruance / Harry Schmidt / Charles H. Corlett / Makin Tarawa / Burton Wright III / Miles Abaiang Atoll Tarawa Atoll / GILBERT ISLANDS UINEA / Holland M. Smith / Douglas MacArthur / Richmond Kelly Turner / Masashi Kobayashi / John H. Hoover / Frederick B. Sheldon / /
Position
Major General / commander in chief / Lt. Col. / General / Colonel / Chief of Staff 2 Eastern Mandates / commander / Admiral / Marshall / /
Product
repairs / /
ProvinceOrState
Papua / Hawaii / /
Region
SOUTH PACIFIC / INDIAN OCEAN / SOUTH THAILAND / SOUTHEAST ASIA / /
1 Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge