World War II: American forces land on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kwajalein Atoll">Kwajalein Atoll</a> and other islands in the Japanese-held <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>.