Normandy. Nuff said.
They were occupied by the Germany in World War 2 so it was easier to attack Endland.
Here is a list of important islands in the pacific region during World War 2:HawaiiPapua New GuineaChuuk Island State.Solomon Islands
There is no record of the Cook Islands' or New Zealand's direct involvement in World War 1. During the period of the war, however, the Cook Islands was a British protectorate.
spartans
1940
china
blitzcreeg (lightning war)
Operation Hailstone was a massive naval air and surface attack launched on 17 and 18 February, 1944, during World War II by the United States Navy against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the Caroline Islands, a pre-war Japanese territory.
Japanese expansion in the early to mid-20th century was driven by a desire to secure natural resources and raw materials to support industrialization, as well as a quest for geopolitical influence and power in the region. It was also fueled by a belief in Japanese racial superiority and a desire to establish a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere under Japanese control.
Attu, Agattu and Kiska.
December 8, 1941 is when we declared war during World War II. (Two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.)
Austria