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...splinter the hard shell of Jap defenses. While his Fifth Fleet under Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (only "a portion" of his Pacific force, as Nimitz thoughtfully pointed out) battered a way toward Japan from the south, another "portion" swept down the northerly Kuril Island chain last week and bombarded Matsuwa, 1,075 miles from Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Where It Hurts | 6/26/1944 | See Source »

...Pacific, U.S. air power thundered through the islands. Land-based Liberators bombed Truk for the first time. Long-range, Aleutian-based Army and Navy planes pecked at the Kuriles. One lone Army Liberator swung past Paramushiro all the way to Matsuwa, 1,100 miles north of Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Man with Answers | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

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