Allies gain momentum in ww2

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[url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Image:IND_004723.jpgHYPERLINK/wiki/United_Kingdom][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]British[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] troops firing a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]mortar[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] during the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Imphal][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Battle of Imphal[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21].
In mainland Asia, the Japanese launched two major offensives. The first, started in March, 1944, was [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_U-Go][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]against British positions in Assam, India[/u][/color][/size][size=21]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-126"[/size][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][127][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] and soon led to Japanese forces besieging Commonwealth positions at [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Imphal][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Imphal[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Kohima[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21];[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-127][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][128][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] by May however, other Japanese forces were being besieged in [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Myitkyina][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Myitkyina[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] by Chinese forces which had invaded Northern Burma in late 1943.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-128][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][129][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]second was in China[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21], with the goal of destroying China's main fighting forces, securing railways between Japanese-held territory, and capturing Allied airfields.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-129][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][130][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] By June the Japanese had conquered the province of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Henan][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Henan[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] and begun a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1944)][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]renewed attack against Changsha[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] in the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Hunan][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Hunan[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] province.[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-130][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][131][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21]
Following the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Allies initiated several operations against Japan in the Pacific. In May, 1943, American forces were sent to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign/lAllied_response][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]eliminate Japanese forces from the Aleutians[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21],[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-131][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][132][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] and soon after began major operations to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_Cartwheel][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]isolate Rabaul by capturing surrounding islands[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21], and to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]breach the Japanese Central Pacific perimeter at the Gilbert and Marshall Islands[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21].[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-132][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff][133][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] By the end of March, 1944, the Allies had completed both of these objectives, and additionally [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_Hailstone][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]neutralized another major Japanese base[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21] in the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Caroline_Islands][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]Caroline Islands[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21]. In April, the Allies then launched an operation to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Western_New_Guinea_campaign][u][size=21][color:65f8=#0000ff]retake Western New Guinea[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=21].
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