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Why did the us want the midway island?
Islands such as Midway, Wake, and Guam were all used as naval bases and resupply stations when American ships were trading with Asian countries
What are all of the US Territories?
Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll Jarvis Island Kingman Reef American Samoa Johnston Atoll Baker Island Howland Island Midway Islands Wake Island Northern Mariana Islands Guam
Were did the us fight in world war 2?
europe, africa, asia, pacific and atlantic oceans, phillipines, mariana islands, wake island, midway, guam, siapan, tinan, soloman islands
The Three islands seized by Japan were?
Guam; Corregidor; Wake
Which territory did US not gain in its victory in the Spanish American War?
The US did not gain their current territories of American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands as a result of the Spanish-American War.The US did gain the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What territories did the US get out of the war?
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.
Why does moms have to make us sleep when we don't want to sleep and wake us up when we want to sleep?
Because you need to get to bed early for school and also wake up early so you have time to get ready. Tiredness always wears after a while so it isn't that bad...
What region is Islands in?
Wake Island is in the west central Pacific Ocean
What was the data that the US attacked the Japanese?
You have it backwards. The Naval air arm of the Imperial Japenese Navy attacked the U.S. military in the Hawaii Islands (An American Territory). This attack was followed by attacks on Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippine Islands.
What two US naval bases did the Japanese bomb?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They simultaneously bombed Army bases in Hawaii and Clark Field in the Philippines. They also bombed the US islands of Guam and Wake.
Who acquired wake island?
On December 10, 1898 was when America acquired Wake Island as a territory.
What was the only part of the US mainland attacked by the Japanese in World war 2?
Alaska, specifically Attu & Kiska islands which are in the western Aleutian Islands. Japanese troops landed on these islands in June 1942. These islands were retaken by US & Canadian troops in 1943.The Japanese attacked Hawaiian military bases, but did not invade.The Japanese invaded & seized Guam & Wake Islands in 1941. Guam is a US Territory, and Wake is a US possession.The Japanese invaded & seized the Philippines Islands which was a US Territory during the war, that is now an independent nation.
