#warinthepacific

[theworldatwar]

A US Marine undergoes training with a military dog - date and location unknown. The US Army envisioned using dogs in the Pacific to sniff out hidden Japanese soldiers but the plan did not come to fruition

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[omniatlas]

Asia Pacific 77 years ago today: Operation Watchtower (26 Aug 1942) https://buff.ly/2LawLYN After their defeat at Midway, Japan canceled further plans of seaborne invasions in the South Pacific, instead deciding to conquer New Guinea by land and to build air bases in the Solomons to strike at Allied shipping. The US responded by landing troops in the Solomons, disrupting the construction of a large Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal, while the Australians moved to defend New Guinea. #asiapacific #history #map #1940s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1942 #pacificwar #warinthepacific #ww2pacific #august #august26 #japaneseempire #empireofjapan #japanesehistory #guadalcanal #worldwarii #worldwar2 #ww2 #wwii #secondworldwar #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography (at Honiara, Solomon Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nvMyvAsDc/?igshid=15xerzjmhc4zn

[theworldatwar]

A US marine uses binoculars to watch as Manila burns - March 1945

[theworldatwar]

A US serviceman shares his rations with two Japanese children - Okinawa 1945

[theworldatwar]

A US Marine gives a wounded Japanese soldier a much needed drink - Guam 1944

[theworldatwar]

Paratroopers from the US 503rd PIR drop from the sky - Kamirir airstrip, Noemfoor Island, Indonesia July 1944

[theworldatwar]

Japanese naval troops surrender to a US marine - Okinawa 1945. At this late stage of the war even the Japanese tradition of fighting to the death was starting to fail.