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Battle of the Bulge
	A six hundred page book covering the Battle of the Bulge.
D-Day (Cross Channel Invasion)
	Book on the Cross-Channel Invasion known as "D-Day".
Guadacanal
	Book on the battle at Guadacanal.
Normandy
	The Normandy Invasion is one of the most celebrated battles of World War II. In the largest amphibious assault in history, the Allies crossed the English Channel, landed on the French Coast and Normandy, and established a beachhead from which they would liberate Western Europe and push into Germany to help end the war.
Philippine Islands
	"Capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank. Its strategy called for roughly simultaneous attacks on Malaya, Thailand, American-held Guam and Wake, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and Hawaii. Although the aim of the air strike on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 was to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet in its home port, the others were meant to serve as preludes to full-scale invasion and occupation. "
India-Burma
	During World War II, the India-Burma theater was one of the most neglected by the allies, and remains today one of the least known. You can read about the actions there and its colorful allied commander General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell in this army booklet.
Sicily
	After the Allies pushed the Germans out of North Africa, they turned their attention to the "soft underbelly" of Europe with the Island of Sicily as their first objective. Here, the rivalry between US General George S. Patton and British General Bernard Montgomery blossomed into one of the war's great sideshows..
Tarawa
	On November 20, 1943, the United States Marines landed at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands to seize the airstrip built by the Japanese. However, the Japanese defense of the island was tough, and the battle would become known as "Bloody Tarawa.".
Japan Surrenders
	On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Empire officially surrendered to the Allies in the Pacific. The Ceremonies took place on board the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Read about the surrender ceremonies and peruse extracts from the Instruments of Surrender.

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