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The islands and bases seized in the November 1943-February 1944 Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were key to establishing airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific. The campaign began with a costly three-day battle at Tarawa, but it's seizure gave the Americans the air control that enabled them to win the Marianas Campaign the following year, and begin daily bombing of Japan.
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The Pacific islands were chosen and served as steppingstones to move north toward Japan.
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Nicaragua. WIlliam Walker took control unsuccessfuly for 1 month before surrounding countries disposed of him.
Queen Liliuokalani lost her kingdom because American business owners seized control of Hawaii.
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Between 1890 and 1905, the US seized control of at least 10 pieces of land. They are Hawaii, Wake Island, Wilkes Island, Peale Island, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, American Samoa, and the Panama Canal Zone.
Fidel Castro was the revolutionary leader who seized control of the Cuban government. Castro was in office from 1961 to 2011.
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It was the Bolsheviks.
The islands and bases seized in the November 1943-February 1944 Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were key to establishing airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific. The campaign began with a costly three-day battle at Tarawa, but it's seizure gave the Americans the air control that enabled them to win the Marianas Campaign the following year, and begin daily bombing of Japan.
France seized more than 300 US ships in 1797