General Shalikashvili Visits Somalia Pullout Scene
Army Gen. John Shalikashvili arrived in Mogadishu to stand with departing U.S. troops and frame the Somalia mission as a noble effort that averted famine and chaos. He was met by Maj. Gen. Thomas Montgomery and emphasized remembering aid requests over images of dead soldiers.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
America
U.S
John Shalikashvili
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eee
Shalikashvili
Air Force
Thomas Montgomery
Bosnian Muslims Croats plan union amid US mediation
Zagreb and Vienna report Croat and Muslim forces in Bosnia will merge their armies after a year of bitter fighting. Gen. Galvin mediated the pact as a step toward a federation with a constitutional framework. Bosnian Serbs reject the union, advocating a territorial link with Serbia.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Central
John Galvin
I R
U.S
Vienna
Austria
Mate Granic
HINA
Fnion
Serbia
Yugoslav Federation
U S Forces Pound Bougainville In March 1944 Battles
U S troops mount a major assault on Bougainville in the Solomons as heavy fighting erupts on March 9. Maj Gen Oscar Griswold’s XIV Corps defends a 27 000 strong perimeter around Empress Augusta Bay with Americal and 37th Infantry Divisions while Japanese Lt Gen Harukichi Hyakutaka masses 15 000 troops for a decisive strike. The battle features a peak Japanese artillery push on Hill 700 and counterfire from US destroyers and airstrikes, with Japanese forces withdrawing after mid March as tanks halt their advance.
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Solomon Islands
Empress Augusta Bay
U.S
Buin
Big Island
Buka
Oscar Griswold
XIV Corps
37Th
Harukichi Hyakutaka
Hyakutaka
Griswold
Samuel Eliot Morison
Sigourney and
Eaton
Piva Uncle
Torokina
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Remember Us War Yearly Recap Highlights World War II
Morison notes wartime losses with Japan at 5469 dead in the Battle of the Perimeter while 263 Americans are killed or missing. Hitler relocates the German government to Breslau as U S heavy bombers attack Berlin with a massive incendiary raid. Soviet forces smash into Kherson on the Dnieper as casualties mount and Kherson advances threaten Odessa. Dublin rebuffs U S calls to close German and Japanese missions, raising espionage concerns.
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Hitler
U.S
Berlin
Nazi Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Breslau
Kherson
Dnepr
Black Sea
Moscow
Ukraine
Odessa
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