Excerpt: Rare World War II maps reveal Japan's Pearl Harbor strategy. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. ... Part of the task force later attacked American-held Wake Island.

Cut off, outgunned, and surrounded—yet they fought on. In December 1941, a tiny garrison of U.S. Marines held off the full force of the Imperial Japanese Navy in one of WWII’s most defiant ...

Mountain Island Charter’s girls’ soccer team won its first NC state championship Saturday at the Matthews Sportsplex, beating Wake Prep in the NCHSAA 1A final.

Explore how Guam and its residents dealt with the Japanese occupation of their island in WWII. Explore how the American territory of Guam and its residents dealt with the horrific Japanese ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, they defended Wake Island with unmatched courage! The untold story of WWII’s forgotten battle! Trump says Ireland 'cheats' the US in White House meeting with prime ...

He remained on Wake Island for Christmas 1941, but by Jan. 15, 1942, was a passenger aboard the Nitta Maru, a Japanese aircraft carrier, bound for Zentsuji, a prison camp in Japan.

The April 26, 1942 edition of the San Bernardino County Sun reported the sea’s Mullet Island — named after the fish Capt. Charles Davis caught in the Salton Sea in 1898 — changed its name on ...

North Field on Tinian Island was the base that launched the ... Satellite Photos Show US Reclaiming World War II Airfield ... nuclear and conventional strikes—flew to Wake Island for hot-pit ...

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Squad-level wargame set in WW2 Pacific Theater ... including Wake Island, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and others, covering all sizes and situations. Included are 23 unique maps ranging ...