The Philippines have been hit by four typhoons ... a precursor to a tropical storm, formed near the Marshall Islands on Nov. 9. The Japanese Meteorological Agency named it Man-yi when winds ...
War in Philippines begins with Japanese air attacks ... air raids are launched on the Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Japan invades Singapore; British surrender.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands, situated between Hawaii and the Philippines, includes twenty-nine widely dispersed coral atolls and five volcanic islands, spread across seven hundred and ...