THE JAPANESE HAVE SUFFERED severe losses in a great naval battle near Midway Eland. The attack on Midway Island may have been a prelude to an attempted invasion of the Hawaiian Islands by the Japanese. Dutch Harbour, which the Japanese attacked recently, is also shown in the above map. Guam and Wake Islands were occupied by the Japanese soon after their entry into the war.
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Southland Times, Issue 24764, 8 June 1942, Page 5
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65THE JAPANESE HAVE SUFFERED severe losses in a great naval battle near Midway Eland. The attack on Midway Island may have been a prelude to an attempted invasion of the Hawaiian Islands by the Japanese. Dutch Harbour, which the Japanese attacked recently, is also shown in the above map. Guam and Wake Islands were occupied by the Japanese soon after their entry into the war. Southland Times, Issue 24764, 8 June 1942, Page 5
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