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An article about the Battle of Guandalcanal, the first offensive campaign of the US. While both sides experienced heavy losses, the US emerged victorious and closer to a full attack on Japan.

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Explore WWII History | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

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The National WWII Museum is here to help you explore the history and lessons of WWII and to learn how WWII helped shape the world we live in today.

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These were some of the bloodiest operations of the war. Tinian, Guam and Saipan, which were 1,350 miles from Tokyo.

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In August of 1945, the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing at least 129,000 people.  On August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. On September 2, it signed the instrument of surrender, effectively ending World War II.

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The island-hopping campaign was launched in 1941. The strategy was to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating centres of resistance. Macarthur and Nimitz planned a two pronged attack: MacArthur would push northwest along the New Guinea coast and into the Bismarck Archipelago with the eventual aim of liberating the Philippines; Nimitz would cross the central Pacific, ‘hopping’ through the Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline and Marianas islands.

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General timeline of the "island-hopping" campaign

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groliers multimedia map of wwii in the pacific theater. it's a good overview of what happened.