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	Islands
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		Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern archipelago of 7,215 km².
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	Komandorski Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Komandorski Islands or Commander Islands, (in Russian, Komandorskiye Ostrova) are a group of treeless islands east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, in the Bering Sea.
		Aleuts (Unangan) people came to the Komandorski Islands early in the 19th century from the Aleutian Islands.
		The 1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands took place in the open sea about 160 km (100 mi) south of the islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komandorski_Islands (221 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Leyte
		The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of Leyte in the Philippines by Allied forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur between October 20 and December 31, 1944.
		The Battle for the Recapture of Bataan from January 31 to February 8, 1945 by U.S. Forces from the Japanese, part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines was waged to secure the western shore of Manila Bay to enable the use of its harbor and open...
		The question of the the largest naval battle in history is controversial, and depends on the definition of battle and the criteria used to assess the size, such as personnel, the number of ships, their tonnage, the area involved, and the duration.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Leyte (938 words)

	Replies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Battle of the Komandorski (Comodore) Islands, 26 March 1943: Salt Lake City in action laying the smoke screen during the battle, with an enemy salvo landing astern.
		The Battle of the Komandorski Islands, little heard of at the time beyond the Aleutians, was one of the strangest sea engagements ever fought.
		And the blockade was clamped on irremovably in the Battle of the Komandorskie Islands.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/vetscor/845116/replies?c=15 (4151 words)

	Task Force 16
		The task force's first mission was to shell Wake Island and Marcus Island, then, joined by Hornet (CV-8) and the rest of TF 18[?], in April the force conducted the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
		In August, the task force supported the landings on Guadalcanal, then fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, followed by the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands[?] in October, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal[?] in November, and covered the retreat of TF 18[?] after the Battle of Rennell Island[?].
		In March 1943, TG 16.6 fought the Battle of the Komandorski Islands[?], then bombarded Attu in April, and the whole force supported the recapture of the Aleutians[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Task_Force_16.html (275 words)

	World War II article - World War II armed conflict history the world alliance British Commonwealth - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In the spring the Wehrmacht was able to restore the front line and make a successful riposte in the Second Battle of Kharkov, but their offensive at the massive Battle of Kursk (July 1943) was so unsuccessful that the Red Army were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
		The British island fortress of Singapore was captured in what Churchill considered one of the most humiliating British defeats of all time.
		Capture by the Allies of islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa close to Japan brought the homeland within range of naval and air attacks, Tokyo was firebombed and later an atomic bomb, the "Little Boy", was dropped from the B-29 "Enola Gay" and destroyed Hiroshima.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/WWII (3873 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of the Aleutian Islands
		The islands had no strategic value for either side: the invasion was launched by the Japanese as an unsuccessful diversion from the battle of Midway.
		America feared that the islands would be used as bases from which to launch aerial assaults against the West Coast, and it became a matter of national pride to expel the first invaders to set foot on American soil since the War of 1812.
		As of 2005, the Battle of the Aleutian Islands was the last military engagement between sovereign nations to be fought on American soil.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aleutian_Islands (644 words)

	Battle of the Komandorski Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II.
		It took place on 26 March 1943 in the North Pacific Area of the Pacific Ocean Areas, near the Komandorski Islands.
		In fact, this was the only such battle in the Pacific Theater and the last pure gunnery duel in naval history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Komandorski_Islands (378 words)

	Battle of Komandorski Island: 27 March 1943 by Vincent P. O'Hara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Japanese invaded Kiska Island in the Aleutians chain in June, 1942 in a sideshow to the Midway campaign, Subsequently they took Attu Island 200 miles east, at the end of the chain.
		For their part, the Japanese considered evacuating the two islands during the winter of 1942-43, but reinforced them instead to guard against an American attempt to leapfrog over to the Kurile Islands, not as a prelude to an advance up the chain toward the Alaska mainland.
		This battle was fought at long ranges, under perfect conditions, without intervention by aircraft (other than the one spotter) submarines shore batteries or mines.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/kommandorski_islands.htm (3111 words)

	USN Ships--USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)
		She escorted USS Wasp during the landings of 7-8 August and subsequent operations, and was present when Wasp was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September.
		There, on 26 March 1943 she was the largest U.S. ship present during the Battle of the Komandorski Islands, and was again damaged by Japanese shells.
		These included the seizure of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943, the invasion of the Marshalls in January and February 1944, and raids on Japanese bases in February-April.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ca25.htm (978 words)

	Nachi: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Nachi
		The Nachi was laid down on 26 November 1924, launched and named on 15 June 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 November 1928.
		She then moved to the Aleutian Islands where she was engaged in the diversionary attack on the islands on 3 June 1942; she was back in the Aleutians when she was damaged on 26 March 1943 in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands[?], and was engaged in an action at Kiska[?] in July 1943.
		By October 1944 she was in the Philippines where she was damaged in the Battle of Surigao Strait[?] on 25 October 1944, and finally sunk by the USS Lexington on 5 November 1944.
	www.encyclopedian.com /na/Nachi.html (204 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Their intentions were known by the Soviets, and the Battle of Kursk ended in a Soviet counteroffensive that threw the German Army back.
		In late August and early September, while battle raged on Guadalcanal, an amphibious Japanese attack on the eastern tip of New Guinea was met by Australian forces at Milne Bay, and the Japanese land forces suffered their first conclusive defeat.
		As the Philippines were being re-taken in late 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf raged, arguably the largest naval battle in history.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/World-War-II.htm (7588 words)

	Pacific Naval Battles
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history.
		Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-fights, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war, and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines.
		I have compiled information on a number of the more important (and, I think, interesting) battles of the war, including a synopsis, tabular displays of the forces involved, and in some cases ship movement track charts.
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm (492 words)

	Were the Best Good Enough?
		13) 26 Mar 43 The Battle of the Komandorski Islands
		From the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal through the Battle of the Komandorski Islands (26 Mar 43), torpedo firing doctrine appears to have been in flux, with some ships/units firing two half salvos and then reloading while others completely empty their tubes in a single salvo and then reload.
		The dismal performance in such long-range actions as Java Sea and Komandorski Islands, and the relative success in the close-range actions of the Solomons Campaign, imply that the weapon’s speed was a greater asset than its range.
	www.navweaps.com /index_tech/tech-067.htm (4166 words)

	Pacific War Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		By March, 1943, the Americans were beginning to get serious about retaking the islands of Attu and Kiska, which had been captured by the Japanese in 1942.
		Nevertheless, they gamely gave battle, and paid the price.
		The Japanese commander, Boshiro Hosogaya, was retired from naval service shortly thereafter as a result of his rather under-aggressive performance.
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_kom.htm (209 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		As TF MIKE moved west, a strong Japanese force moved east, the confusing battle of the Komandorski Islands ensued.
		The tin can helped defend her charges at the battle of the Philippine Sea, steamed deep into enemy waters to attack the coast of China, Formosa and the coast of the Japanese home islands themselves.
		Like many of her sisters she was decommissioned at the same shipyard where she was built; her commissioning pennant came down for the last time on October 16, 1945 and she was sold for scrapping in December of 1946.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd353-nl.htm (544 words)

	USN Combat Narrative: The Aleutians Campaign
		This fact made the battle even more uneven, for the Japanese ships possessed superior speed and were able to fire full salvos in conformance with their zigzag course.
		The Battle of the Komandorskis lasted almost three and one-half hours, and was our longest daylight surface engagement of the war up to that time.
		In the ensuing battle, movements of our own and enemy ships were in the area 40 to 80 miles southward of the island of Medni, easternmost of the Russian Komandorski Islands, and about midway between Attu and Kamchatka Peninsula.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/Aleutians/USN-CN-Aleutians-9.html (13889 words)

	USS Oakland CL-95 History 1943
		Island, Calif.; first ship of this type to be placed in commission.
		Battle of the Komandorski Islands is fought between a task group
		Battle of Kula Gulf is fought in the darkness as a task group consisting
	www.rtcol.com /~oakland/hist43.html (1853 words)

	Bambooweb: World War II
		Second Battle of Kharkov but their offensive at the massive Battle of Kursk (July 1943) was so unsuccessful that the Red Army were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
		In late August and early September, while battle raged on Guadalcanal, Australian forces fought off a Japanese amphibious attack on the eastern tip of New Guinea at Milne Bay, the first conclusive defeat suffered by Japanese land forces.
		Capture by the Allies of islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa close to Japan brought the homeland within range of naval and air attacks, Tokyo was firebombed and later an atomic bomb, the "Little Boy", was dropped from the B-29 "Enola Gay" and destroyed
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/W/o/World_War_II.html (4654 words)

	USS Bailey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		On 12 January 1943 she supported the unopposed invasion of Amchitka Island and on 26 March took part in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.
		During a torpedo attack, in which she scored several gunfire hits on the Japanese heavy cruiser Nacki, Bailey received three direct hits from 8-inch shells which killed five and wounded six men, and caused major damage to the ship.
		Bailey received nine battle stars, in addition to the Navy Unit Commendation, for her services in the Pacific.
	www.destroyers.org /DANFS/h-dd-492.htm (357 words)

	March, 1943 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2-5 March) opens as United States Army and Australian aircraft bomb 8 Japanese transports escorted by 8 destroyers in Bismarck Sea en route to Lae, New Guinea.
		Battle of the Komandorski Islands is fought between a task group comprising 2 cruisers and 4 destroyers (Rear Adm. C.
		United States naval vessel damaged, Battle of Komandorski Islands: Heavy cruiser SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25), by naval gunfire, 52 d.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/chr/chr43-03.html (523 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - Aleutian Islands Campaign
		When the Japanese occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians in Alaska in June 1942, the Allies had to remove them before they could attack the Kuriles.
		In January 1943, an attempt to reinforce the Japanese garrisons was repulsed with heavy losses in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.
		One of the unsung battles of the war.
	www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=10808 (890 words)

	DD-606 DANFS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		She supported Army landings on Amchatka 12 January 1943, and participated in the bombardment of Gibson Island at the entrance of Chicago Harbor 18 February.
		On 26 March her group turned a larger Japanese force back in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.
		After taking part in the raids on Baker and Tarawa Islands from 15 to 17 September and the attack on Wake on 5 October, Coghlan replenished at Pearl Harbor and sailed on 31 October for escort and screening duties in the assault on the Gilberts.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd606txt.htm (552 words)

	Battle of the Komandorski Islands - TheBestLinks.com - Aleutian Islands, March 26, US Navy, World War II, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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	WW2DB: Aleutians Campaign
		Landing crafts began to unload troops on Attu without much resistance during the landing operation, but the Japanese troops fought furiously from their defensive positions when the American offensive commenced.
		When the Americans declared the island secure after the final charge of the Japanese officers and men, 3,929 casualties were suffered by the Americans and the Japanese lost 2,351 men.
		Without detection, the Japanese had evacuated the island of Kiska on 28 Jul 1943.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=20 (410 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Boshiro Hosogaya
		In July 1942 Hosogaya was appointed Admiral of the Japanese IJN Fifth Fleet in command of the North Pacific forces.
		In the ensuing Battle of the Komandorski Islands, concerned with protecting his transport ships, Hosogaya was unable to defeat the smaller American force and withdrew after severely damaging the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25).
		His defeat would later lose him his command and was placed on the reserve list later that year.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Boshiro_Hosogaya (280 words)

	The Naval Battles of the Pacific War
		The Pacifc campaign was the largest and most deadly naval campaign ever.It brought supremecy to one nation and total annialation for another.
		The fleets that were involved were the biggest and mightest fleets of all time;the United States Navy and the Nihon Kaigun.So,I present to you "The Naval Battles of the Pacific War".
		The Battle of the East China Sea/April 7,1945
	www.geocities.com /guy_conquest/battles (87 words)

	A few Suggestions - FileFront Gaming Forums
		The P38 Lightning would be a good addition as well as the F4F Wildcat and maybe even the B-29 Superfortress and the B-25 for the U.S. The battle for Saipan would make a good map with the D-day on June 15, 1944.
		The battle of the Komandorski Islands which was part of the Midway campaign would be interesting to recreate.
		I agree with expanding upon BF's maps and redesigning some (Iwo Jima) i think the battle around the Komandorski Islands plays some if not a good amount to the war and eventual sucess of the U.S. in the Pacific.
	forums.filefront.com /showthread.php?t=79392 (1173 words)

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