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Map of Solomon Islands showing the Allied advance during World War II

Solomon Islands

A map of the Solomon Islands shows the Allied advance during 1943 and key air and naval bases from January 1942 to Aug. 21, 1945, in the British Solomon Islands, Territory of New Guinea and South Pacific.

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