World War II: U.S. Navy conducts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalls–Gilberts_raids" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marshalls–Gilberts raids">Marshalls–Gilberts raids</a>, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific Theater</a>.<sup about="#mwt72" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_1#cite_note-12" id="mwpw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqA">[12]</span></a></sup>
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