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Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake, Wilkes, and Peale Islands – surrounding a lagoon encircled by a coral reef.
- Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific...
- Wake Island (Disambiguation)
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- Wake Island Airfield
Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK, FAA LID: AWK)...
- Wake Island Rail
The extinct Wake Island rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis) was a...
- Shigematsu Sakaibara
Shigematsu Sakaibara (酒井原 繁松, Sakaibara Shigematsu, December...
- Kingdom of EnenKio
The self-declared "Kingdom of EnenKio" has also claimed Wake...
- Battle of Wake Island
8 Νοε 2024 · Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three coral islets that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet above sea level.
Shigematsu Sakaibara (酒井原 繁松, Sakaibara Shigematsu, December 28, 1898 – June 19, 1947) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal.
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The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island.The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, with the surrender of American forces to the Empire of Japan.It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake ...
USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.. She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1102) on 6 February 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipyards; launched on 15 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frederick Carl Sherman, the wife of Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman; and commissioned on 7 November ...
9 Νοε 2024 · The Japanese won the Battle of Wake Island. They lost four ships, one submarine, and some 1,000 lives; just over 100 Americans and Guamanians died during their defense of Wake Island. Japan held the atoll throughout World War II and then surrendered it on September 4, 1945.
