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| | Bismarck Archipelago |
 | | This policy frustrated the Japanese, who were unable to defend every island in strength, and allowed the Allies to concentrate on the weakest points in the Japanese defense. | | | During the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign, Halsey would respond to "strategic direction" from MacArthur but would continue to report to Nimitz. | | | With the occupation of Emirau, all the objectives of the Bismarck Archipelago Campaign had been realized. |
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http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/bismarck/bismarck.htm
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| | Pacific islands archaeology |
| | This colonization strategy had several consequences for island ecosystems, all of which are increasingly well documented through both archaeological and paleoenvironmental indicators. | | | While archaeologists debate the exact chronology and sequence of Polynesian dispersals, most agree that the central Eastern Polynesian archipelagoes (such as the Society Islands, Cook Islands, and Marquesas Islands) were settled first, no later than A.D. 300 and perhaps some centuries earlier (Rolett 1998). | | | Numerous radiocarbon-dated archaeological sites document that Lapita sites in all of these archipelagoes no later than 900 B.C. We have already noted that the westernmost islands of Micronesia were colonized directly out of island Southeast Asia by Austronesian speakers ca. |
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http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~oal/background/pacislands.htm
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| | Witu Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Includes history of the island prison and visitor information. | | | Find out about the Monastery on Vaalom island and its history. | | | (July 1, 1890), arrangement between Great Britain and Germany that defined their respective spheres of influence in eastern Africa and established German control of Helgoland, a North Sea island held by the British since 1814. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077302?tocId=9077302
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| | Patrick V. Kirch |
| | Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (Gambier Archipelago), French Polynesia. | | | Kirch has conducted extensive archaeological and ethnoecological research throughout the Pacific Islands with many expeditions over the past three decades. | | | in press* Extinct achatinellid land snails from Easter Island: Biogeographical, ecological, and archaeological implications. |
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http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~oal/people/Pat/Kirch.htm
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| | Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words (NAVEXOS P-474) |
| | BUSTLE -- Djilolo Passage, Halmahera Island, N.E.I. -- Winguru, New Britain | | | BANDAGE -- Negros Island, P.I. -- Casablanca, French Morocco | | | BLOSSOM -- Madu Island, Flores Sea, N.E.I. -- Lama, Ceram, N.E.I. -- Kaylan Point, Florida - Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/NAVEXOS_P-474B.htm
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| | Medal of Honor, Kwajalein, Marshalls, Bismarcks, Eniwetok, Atlantic, Battle, Saipan, Phillipine, Sea, Guam, Tinian, ... |
| | The Marianas are now in U.S. hands, and their fall has a political consequence. | | | Medal of Honor, Kwajalein, Marshalls, Bismarcks, Eniwetok, Atlantic, Battle, Saipan, Phillipine, Sea, Guam, Tinian, Peleliu, Palaus, Halmahera, Leyte, Gulf, China, USMC, Marines | | | Cut off from the other units of his platoon when his tank was put out of action by a battery of enemy 77mm. |
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http://www.naval-history.net/WW2USMoH1944.htm
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| | Oceania Project: Solomon Islands |
| | The population of the Solomon Islands (342000) is predominantly Melanesian. | | | Archaeological evidence shows that people from the Bismarck islands went to Polynesia and became the ancestors of those who later returned to the Solomon Islands. | | | The origin of Melanesian people is uncertain, but the Solomon Islands were probably settled by Neolithic people from Southeast Asia. |
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http://www.eirelink.com/classweb/solomons.htm
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| | Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words (NAVEXOS P-474) |
| | Morotai Island, N.E.I. Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon, P.I. Elato Island, Caroline Islands | | | North Loloda Islands, Halmahera, N.E.I. Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea] | | | Sulu Sea, P.I. Leyte Island, P.I. Palembang, Sumatra, N.E.I. Ngesebus Island, Palau Islands |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/USN-NAVEXOS_P-474.html
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| | USS Scamp (SS-277) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | She again patrolled off the Solomon Islands and into the Bismarck Sea. | | | This mission she completed on 27 April and 28 April and then shaped a course for the Bismarck Archipelago. | | | She released oil and air bubbles to appear to have sunk and then headed for the Admiralty Islands. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scamp_(SS-277)
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| | Archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Maltese archipelago (Malta, Gozo, Comino, Filfla,St Paul's Island and several smaller islets) | | | Most of New York City and nearby islands: Manhattan-City Island-Long Island-Rikers Island-Roosevelt Island-Staten Island-Block Island-Nantucket-Martha's Vineyard-Liberty Island-Ellis Island - Long Beach Island, and other islands in the vicinity. | | | Frisian or Wadden Islands (divided into the West, East, and North Frisian Islands groups) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago
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| | Progress Edition |
| | Many people have never seen the inside of the Masonic Center, so there was surprise and delight during the first viewing, arts and science spokespeople said. | | | Five nonprofits have left island life for a sort of communal under-one-roof existence. | | | Liz Lucas, the school's executive director, said leaving BAGA has turned out for the best, and it's thrilled with the new space -- which she said will be all the space the school will ever need. |
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http://www.bismarcktribune.com/progress/d3.html
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| | The Wuvulu Web Site |
| | The principal purpose of this web site is the collection and dissemination of information, documents and materials regarding the Western Islands' history, society, culture and linguistics. | | | Wuvulu Island, located at latitude 1°43' South and longitude 142°50' East, is the westernmost island of the Bismarck Archipelago. | | | If you have any news or information regarding the Western Islands, their history or their people and would like to contribute to this effort, please contact us. |
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http://www.wuvulu.com
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| | Submarine Hero-Howard Walter |
| | In October 1942, Growler sailed from Pearl Harbor to Brisbane, Australia, by way of Truk in the Caroline Islands, both to support the blockade of that Japanese bastion and as part of a general repositioning of submarine assets ordered by ADM Chester Nimitz during the early struggle for the Solomon Islands. | | | Later that month, she embarked on her first war patrol in the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands, where Gilmore attacked three Japanese destroyers off Kiska, sinking one and severely damaging the other two, while narrowly avoiding two torpedoes fired at him in return. | | | Sadly, she was lost on her 11th war patrol in November 1944, while attacking a Japanese convoy south of Mindoro in the Philippine Islands. |
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http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_4/sub_herohoward.html
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| | Journal |
| | US marines advance against Japanese positions with tank support, following the Allied landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 7 August 1942. | | | After the Americans landed on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons on 7 August 1942, the Japanese air forces based in Rabaul became involved in a two-front operation. | | | When the Americans landed on Biak Island two days later, the 7th Air Division tried to provide air support for the defenders, but since it had so few aircraft - most of which had to be used for convoy escort and air defence missions - it was unable to do so effectively. |
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http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j34/shindo.htm
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| | Wuvulu Geographical Names in the Western Islands |
| | Australia seized the group in World War I and they were mandated to Australia by the League of Nations in 1920. | | | The names of individual islands are often cited by themselves in the literature to refer to or describe the group of islands to which they belong. | | | An island, part of the Ninigo Group, south-west of the Ninigo Islands. |
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http://www.wuvulu.com/indexes.shtml
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| | Admiralty Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | This article is about the Admiralty Islands in the southern (The largest ocean in the world) Pacific Ocean. | | | The larger islands in the group include Manus Island, Los Negros Island, Tong Island, Pak Island, Rambutyo Island, Lau Island, St Andrews Islands, Baluan Island, and Ndrova Island. | | | Long abandoned, these bases are in a state of rusted decay. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/ad/admiralty_islands.htm
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| | Bismarck Archipelago on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The group includes New Britain (the largest island), New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, the Mussau Islands, New Hanover, the Vitu Islands, and the Duke of York Islands. | | | Seized by Australian forces in World War I, the islands were mandated to Australia by the League of Nations in 1920. | | | Japan operated several naval and air bases in the islands during World War II. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/b/bismarcka1rc.asp
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| | BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO - LoveToKnow Article on BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO |
| | The archipelago was named in honor of the first chancellor of the German empire, after a German protectorate had been declared in 1884. | | | BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO - LoveToKnow Article on BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO | | | The largest island is New Pomerania, and the archipelago also includes New Mecklenburg, New Hanover, with small attendant islands, the Admiralty Islands and a chain of islands off the coast of New Guinea, the whole system lying in the form of a great amphitheatre of oval shape. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BI/BISMARCK_ARCHIPELAGO.htm
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| | Bismarck Archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Following the outbreak of World War I, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force seized the islands in 1914 and Australia later received a League of Nations mandate for the islands. | | | The first European to find the islands was Dutch explorer Willem Schouten in 1616, but they remained unsettled by Europeans until they became part of the German protectorate of German New Guinea in 1884. | | | The archipelago includes mostly volcanic islands, the most important of which are: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago
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| | A revision of the Australasian Pythons - Hoser - 2000. |
| | This Island is immediately adjacent to the low-lying Sambai Island which is in turn immediately adjacent to the southern New Guinea coast. | | | The mountain on the island is called Cornwallis Peak. | | | amethistina that is found in Islands to the north-west and south-west of New Guinea, however they were withdrawn from this paper after it became apparent that David Barker and others were similarly subdividing the genus Austroliasis as it is described here. |
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http://www.smuggled.com/pytrev1.htm
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| | Birdwatching Trip Report from Bougainville, Bismarck Islands, Manus Island |
| | Why not send us a report, or an update to one of your current reports? | | | Birdwatching Trip Report from Bougainville, Bismarck Islands, Manus Island | | | *Black-tailed Whistler (1 on Anusagaro Island, others calling), |
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http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/papua-new-guinea/bismarck/islands-jan02.htm
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| | Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck & Admiralty Islands, 1st - 29th August 1999 |
| | This was specifically for Nicobar Pigeon and small island special Sclater's Myzomela, and we had very nice views of both plus Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove and Beach Kingfisher. | | | It was designed to find a good selection of the 400 endemics on the island, home to some of the most spectacular and bizarre birds in the world. | | | We said farewell to Simon, and Tom and I headed off for the islands extension, aiming again for as many of the 54 endemics as possible. |
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http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=272
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| | Australia & Oceania- Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research |
| | Diocese of Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia Palau or Belau) | | | Diocese of Agaña until 1985, when Agaña became an Archdiocese, and the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa was established as a suffragan of Agaña. | | | Welcome to the Cook Islands - with some History of the Cook Islands. |
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http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Australia-Oceania.htm
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| | NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF GENEVA: Psocoptera: World Catalogue and Bibliography: recent species for ... |
| | Checklist of Psocoptera according to the World Catalogue (Lienhard and Smithers, 2002) | | | Only published distributional records are taken into consideration for this checklist; detailed bibliographical references to these records are listed in the "World Catalogue" for each species. | | | NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF GENEVA: Psocoptera: World Catalogue and Bibliography: recent species for countries: New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville) |
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http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/page-e/ps08new.htm
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| | Alphabetic Bird Index to Photos on this Site |
| | PhilippinesPapua-New Guinea, Adnmiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands | | | Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, Lesser Sundas, D'Entrecasteaux, Louisade and Bismarck Archipelagos, Admiralty Islands, Solomon Islands | | | Fiji and Vanikoro Islands in the Santa Cruz Islands |
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http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/ZINDEX-V.html
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| | Nimbabad Islet [K3480], Unea Island, Witu Islands, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea | | | Nyata Island [K1373-5], Sermata Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia | | | New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. New Dorp, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. New Dungeness (1857), Washington, U.S.A. New Ferolle Peninsula, west coast, Newfoundland, Canada |
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http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/rjhare/postcards/lhouses/n.htm
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| | Ninox meeki (Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl) group endemic, Rare Monarcha infelix (Admiralty Islands Monarch) group endemic Mammals: Dugong dugon (Dugong) Vulnerable (RDB), common locally | | | Ninox variegata (Bismarck Hawk Owl) group endemic, New Ireland and Lavongai Myzomela pulchella (New Ireland Honeyeater) endemic, hill and montane forest, Rare. | | | Mountainous island with active volcano, significant mineral deposits (gold and copper) |
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http://islands.unep.ch/IHD.htm
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| | Wuvulu Geography |
| | War time map of the Bismarck Archipelago and part of the Western Islands (Wuvulu, Aua, Manu and the Anchorites islands are missing) | | | Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Islands |
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http://www.wuvulu.com/maps.shtml
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| | Glossary Searched Term |
| | Collective name for the islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia and south of the equator, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, etc. A subdivision of Oceania. | | | Nom collectif pour les îles de l'Océan Pacifique sud-ouest, du nord-est d'Australie au sud de l'équateur, y compris la Nouvelle-Calédonie, les Vanuatu, les Îles Salomons, Îles Admiralty, l’Archipel de Bismarck, les Fiji, et autres,. |
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http://www.fishbase.org/Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=M%e9lan%e9sie
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| | Finding List for Places, Features, and Former Names Associated with Entities not Listed in the Standard | | | Francois Island SEYCHELLES (SE) Saint-Martin (northern) GUADELOUPE (GP) Saint Martin (southern) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NA) Saint-Paul, Ile FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS (FS) St. |
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