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Kwajalein

Kwajalein , coral atoll, 6.5 sq mi (16.8 sq km), central Pacific, in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands . The largest atoll of the Marshalls, Kwajalein, consists of a group of 97 islets surrounding a lagoon. A large Japanese naval and air base was located there during World War II, and after the U.S. conquest of the Marshalls (1944) U.S. military bases were established. A U.S. antimissile-missile test base is on Kwajalein.

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Kwajalein, Battle of

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Kwajalein, Battle of (February 1944) the first prewar capture of a Japanese territory by American troops. Noted for intensive pre-invasion bombardment directed by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Kwajalein cost less than 500 American lives compared to over 7,000 by the Japanese.

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