#Tarawa

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

In his analysis of Marine amphibious operations in the Central Pacific, Col. Joseph H. Alexander referred to that first “storm landing” at Tarawa atoll as a “vital proving ground” for

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

#OTD January 31, 1944 the battles of Kwajalein and Majuro atolls begin. Operation Flintlock—the seizure of the Marshall Islands—followed quickly on the success of Operation Galvanic, furthering US advances in

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

The storm landings on Kwajalein and Eniwetok benefitted from a number of lessons that were learned at great cost in the preceding Operation Galvanic, the seizure of the Gilberts, which

Tom and Mary Russell

tomandmary

I have some thoughts re: the responses that @GameMinimalist got yesterday when he expressed his discomfort with history-based conflict games, their Euro-centric nature, and imperialist overtones/undertones. 1/ There are many

Effy, Has Made A Goddess Blush With Her Devotion

EffInvictus

So let's do something positive today and talk about racism, the atomic bombings, and the Pacific War. My most important source here will be John Dower, War Without Mercy: Race

Simon Boyi Chen

simonbchen

Important figures in Chinese Civil War of 1946-50.1) General Bai Chongxi, 1st Minister of Defense in new Republic of China government under 1947 Constitution. The Nationalist general the communists most

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