April 1‚ 1945-June 21‚ 1945 Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II‚ the Okinawa campaign involved the 287‚000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130‚000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. Japanese forces changed their typical tactics of resisting at the water’s edge to a defense in depth‚ designed to gain time. In conjunction with this‚ the Japanese navy and army mounted mass air attacks by planes
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Ferdinand Magellan was bornabout 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble Portuguese family. His parents‚ who were members of nobility‚ died when he was about10 years old. At the age of 12‚ Magellan became a page to Queen Leanor at the royal court. Such a position commonly served as a means of education for sons of the Portuguese nobility. At the court‚ Magellan learned about the voyages of such explorers as Christopher Columbus of Italy and Vasco da Gama of Portugal. He also learned the fundamentalsof navigation
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Australia there was an economic growth from the mid to late twentieth century. This all changed in the late twentieth century. There was an economic decline. In the Pacific Rim countries there have been economic changes and economic growth and decline. This has impacted the way of the life of people and of the country. Four of the Pacific Rim territories have been called "Economic Tigers" due to their aggressive economies. They have included South Korea‚ Taiwan‚ Singapore‚ and Hong Kong. In China the
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2012). However‚ they should also not forget about the other issue because it might elevate from its status. The U.S. should also monitor the happenings between the East Asian countries. The South China Sea functions as the gateway of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. So‚ the American interests in the region are increasingly at risk due to the economic and military rise of China and concerns about its willingness to uphold existing legal norms. Because of that the U.S. should intervene. The
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nowhere near the depths of what it really is. This biome is by far the largest being found on 71% of the planet’s surface. There are five ocean biomes in the world‚ Atlantic Ocean‚ Pacific Ocean‚ Indian Ocean‚ Southern Ocean‚ and the Arctic Ocean. Then they branch into the world’s major seas. The largest one is the Pacific. It is 64 million square miles. The deepest part of any ocean biome in the world is the Mariana Trench. It is 36‚200 feet deep. The average temperature is 39 °F. There are different
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Chapter 16 Notes Lesson 1: Composition and Structure of Earth’s Oceans Water covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface. The five main bodies of water are: The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean. It is larger than all of Earth’s combined land area. The Atlantic Ocean is half the size of the Pacific. It occupies about 20 percent of Earth’s surface. The Indian Ocean is between Africa‚ India‚ and the Indonesian Islands. It is the third largest ocean. The Southern Ocean surrounds
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to stop the fighting in Asia. Due to extreme shortages of oil and other resources that the United States provided along with the desire to knock the U.S. off as the “dominant Pacific power”‚ his lead to the attack Japan made on Britain and U.S. as they seized the resources in Southeast Asia. When the U.S. moved the Pacific Fleet from California to Pearl Harbor Japan felt threatened. Japan had attempted to warn the US of the attack but the warning came to late due to messages being botched at the
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and the productivity is high. This fish can be found worldwide‚ it can vary from oceans like the Atlantic‚ Pacific‚ and Indian Oceans. Studies have shown a few swordfish make substantial seasonal migration. In the Pacific‚ swordfish appear to move northward from Baja California in the spring to California in the summer and fall‚ then move off-shore to spawn. Swordfish in the eastern Pacific generally stay inshore near the bottom during the day. At dusk‚ they head seaward. After sunset‚ they feed
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he first set sail along the coast of Africa before crossing the Atlantic. Also the other ship captains disliked and distrusted him because he was Portuguese. No one at the time had any idea of how big the Pacific Ocean was or the location of the hospitable islands. Once into the Pacific Magellan headed west with favorable winds‚ but still took 98 days to reach land where he could obtain fresh water and food. During that stretch‚ he lost many of the crew to scurvy and malnutrition. Magellan encountered
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The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a plateau in South America‚ covering a 1‚000-kilometre (600 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast‚ west of the Andes mountains. It is‚ according to NASA‚ National Geographic and other sources‚ the driest desert in the world.[1][2][3][4] The Atacama occupies 105‚000 square kilometres (41‚000 sq mi)[5] composed mostly of salt lakes (salares)‚ sand‚ and felsic lava flows towards the Andes The Atacama Desert ecoregion‚ as defined by the World Wide
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