Genealogy Projects tagged with Pacific Campaign on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Battle of Rabaul (1942)

    The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, an instigating action of the New Guinea campaign, was fought on the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea, from 23 January into February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by Japan in the Pacific campaign of World War II , with the Japanese invasion force quickly overwhelming...

  • Battle of Leyte

    The Battle of Leyte (Filipino: Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur , who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita . Th...