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sarisataka

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9. It took much longer than a week to win

Reply to Crowman2009 (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:15 PM

22 hrs ago

But it was no trap, the Japanese were completely unprepared for the landing. Their major base at Rabaul gave them the forces to push the US fleet back at first but they could not eradicate the Marines on the island.

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