U.S. progress in the Pacific theater included a hard fought victory over Japanese forces on the island of Peleliu and the building of the largest Naval base in history on the island of Ulithi, which quickly became the forward staging base for future invasions in the...
August brought good news of a new amphibious landing in France and military progress in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war. On August 10, the island of Guam was liberated by American Army and Marine Corps troops after landing there on July 21. Allied...
Following their landing at Normandy, U.S. forces attempted to punch through the hedgerows of Normandy, a difficult undertaking as German forces were well-hidden and put-up stiff resistance. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, field commander of American soldiers in...
The month of June 1944 began with the news of victory for the Allies in Italy as the city of Rome was liberated from German control by the US Fifth Army on June 4. The attention and celebration were short-lived however as all eyes and ears quickly turned to Normandy,...
March 1944 brought encouraging news from all the war fronts. In the southwest Pacific, U.S. forces landed on the Admiralty Islands on Leap Day (Feb. 29). The island chain was located a short distance northeast of New Guinea and offered an excellent anchorage for...
The tempo of the war intensified at the start of the second quarter of 1944. April saw a return of bombing missions over the Ploiesti oil fields in Romania used by the German forces. Meanwhile, Allied forces massing in England were beginning their final preparations...
