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Operation Cartwheel: MacArthur's Capture of The Admiralty Islands | Battlezone (2021x42)

: 26, 2021

In 1944, during the height of WWII, General MacArthur heard rumours that the Admiralty Islands had been abandoned by Japanese forces in the Pacific. Immediately he hurried plans to take the islands, in what would be a monumental Allied victory and helping bring an end to Operation Cartwheel.