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The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll. The Battle of Tarawa was the fir...
Amerikaans 'vergeten' Bombardement=∴ 1943 ∴ 31 maart ∴ 13:30 uur ∴ =Rotterdam-West ==∴ Delfthaven ∴ Zuid-Holland ∴ Nederland ∴=∴ =∴ Het 'Vergeten Bombardement' op Rotterdam-West vond plaats op 31 maart 1943 met wederom een groot aantal slachtoffers : 401 mensen kwamen om en 16.500 mensen raakten dakloos, de meesten bewoners van of voorbijgangers in de wijken Bospolder-Tussendijken - Spangen - Z...
This project is dedicated to the 400+ Rabbis who participated in the Rabbi's March on October 6, 1943. The march was arranged by Hillel Peter Kook (real name: Hillel Kook). It started off in Union Station Washington, DC, then continued to the Capitol, where they were met by Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the USA . who listened to their plight, then told them that he wou...
Battle of Attu, May 11-30,1943: The Battle of Attu (codenamed Operation Landcrab), which took place on 11–30 May 1943, was a battle fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian reconnaissance and fighter-bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater....