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American soldiers were fighting on the European front against Germany (this front often includes those fighting in Africa) and the Pacific front against Japan.
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The Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean.
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Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Bad conditions as experienced by US forces during WW2 in Europe and the Pacific.
Certainly. The African-American Units in the Pacific were among the most distinguished in the American Armed Forces. The Tuskegee Airmen (an all-black Air Force Brigade that fought in the Pacific) were one of the most heroic groups of American Soldiers in the War II.
They were given medals for serving during the war, for individual campaigns in Africa, and the Middle East, the South Pacific, and gallantry medals as appropriate.
American soldiers killed in the Pacific during World War II were primarily buried in military cemeteries located in the areas where they fell, such as the Philippines and on various islands throughout the Pacific theater. Many were interred at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, which is the largest American cemetery in the Pacific. Others were buried at temporary cemeteries near battle sites before being moved to permanent locations after the war. Families also had the option to have their loved ones' remains returned to the United States for burial.
In the Pacific Theater, they were fighting from one island to another as well as naval battles with the Japanese navy. In Europe. the Americans landed on North Africa on 8 Nov 1942 and assisted the British in defeating the Germans in Africa. Then they landed in Sicily and Italy and had fought there for a year before D-Day on 6 June 1944.
Australia in world war 2Australian soldiers generally fought in the pacific campaigns but they also had involvement in the African campaign in Egypt and Libya as well as the Italian campaign but by for the pacific campaign was were most Australian soldiers were fighting a lot of the time they fought alongside British and other commonwealth forces. the New Zealand soldiers fought with the Australians often to form ANZAC.