The Conquest of New Georgia was a critical battle in the Pacific War, as Allied forces fought ... and strategic island hopping to push the Japanese forces back... Hegseth orders Pentagon to ...

And that could jeopardize the Marines’ Pacific war strategy. The Medium Landing ... General David Berger announced the Corps’ new island-hopping strategy five years ago, weren’t terribly ...

American forces land on Leyte island. MacArthur wades ashore declaring, "People of the Philippines, I have returned." Battle of Leyte Gulf: In the largest naval battle of the Pacific War ...

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...