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Paramushir (Russian: Парамушир, romanized: Paramushir, ****anese: 幌筵島, romanized: Paramushiru-tō, Ainu: パラムシㇼ, romanized: Para=mu=sir) is a
volcanic island...
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garrisoned both
Shumshu and
nearby Paramushiro, with
about 8,500
troops on
Shumshu and 15,000 more
troops on
Paramushiro. The
garrisons were able to reinforce...
- 000 men
reinforced by 60
tanks defended the
islands of
Shumushu and
Paramushiro. All the
coastal sections convenient for
landings were
covered with permanent...
- on the
northernmost islands, with most
installations being located on
Paramushiro, the
largest island in the chain. It
supported three airfields and the...
- ****ure
Division (先兵団, Saki Heidan). It was
created on 12
April 1944 in
Paramushiro. The
nucleus for the
formation was the 1st
Kuril Islands Garrison Group...
- 018 casualties.
During World War II, the ****anese had a
naval base at
Paramushiro in the
Kuril Islands and
several bases in Hokkaido.
Since ****an and the...
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moved into the Sea of
Okhotsk to take up her ****igned
station west of
Paramushiro. Ice, two to five feet
above the water,
still covered the area and the...
- this theatre. From the Aleutians, they flew
strikes against bases in
Paramushiro and Shimushu, ****anese
islands in the
Kurile chain. Often, PV-1s would...
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proceeded to
Paramushiro in the
northern Kuril Islands,
which she
reached on 10
March 1943. On 13
March 1943, I-168
departed Paramushiro on her first...
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Shumushu and
Paramushiro to
start the
landing operation. The ****anese
offered fierce resistance.
Bloody battles took
place in
Shumushu and
Paramushiro with varying...
