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Guam, battles of

Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x

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On 10 December 1941, 5,500 Japanese captured Guam's garrison of 200 US marines and 300 Guamanian police. US losses: 4 marines and 15 police killed. On 21 July 1944, the Third USMC and 77th Army Divisions landed on Guam. Organized resistance ended by 10 August, but 8,000 poorly armed Japanese undertook ineffective guerrilla harassment from jungles. US losses: 1,400 killed, 6,500 wounded. Japanese losses: 10,000 killed or captured. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History

Edited by: THOMAS L. PURVIS
eISBN: 9781577180999
Print publication date: 1997

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