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Show Squeezing Mr. Moto! SwiMfefe ; - ; CuW 4 PACIFIC OCEAN iNpiAA. . Slfw -x7? ' 1 V -jjS ;VHAINAN VJ MARIANA IS V &-iiir MANIlAy, , GUAM' - INDIAN OCEAN Vfe MrJ fifth VikSbsS&W I J j AMBOINAvy Y NEW YORK The pattern of the Allied squeeze on Japan is indicated in the above map which ' shows- 1 Where U. S. Forces have landed on Leyte Island and quickly established strong points which ' included capture of two key air fields; and 2. Where Allied air and sea attacks hit the Nicobar islands in the Indian Ocean, the last barriers to a drive on Singapore and Malaya, Some observers believe these operations are more a matter of fine timing than of coincidence and-may be the beginning of the long-anticipated long-anticipated push from both the east and west to cripple Japan. Reports indicate that most of the U b. Pacific fleet was engaged in the Philippines campaign and naval forces were aided by land-based bombers bomb-ers flying from China (3) in pre-invasion assaults on Formosa. |