[DOC] [TLE] Panama during World War II - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Panama during World War II begins in 1939. Due to the American-
controlled Panama Canal cutting across the center of .... Then the Japanese 
attacked the American naval base in Hawaii, which ... agreement for the lease of 
134 sites to be used for the protection of the canal. .... Greenwood Publishing 
Group. [DOC] [TLE] United States Air Forces Southern Command - Wikipedia [PAR] Air bases were established along the western coast of South America, in Peru, 
Ecuador as well as in the Galpagos Islands, Panama, Guatemala and Costa 
Rica. In order to protect the vital Air Transport Command South Atlantic ... of 
groups of three of more subs attacking Allied shipping using a... [DOC] [TLE] Baltra Island - Wikipedia [PAR] Baltra Island, or Isla Baltra, is a small island of the Galpagos Islands. Also 
known as South ... During World War II Baltra was established as a United States 
Army Air Force ... Pacific for enemy submarines and provided protection for the 
Panama Canal. ... Today the island continues as an official Ecuadorian military 
base. [DOC] [TLE] THE ROCK: Galapagos during World War II | Galapagos Islands ... [PAR] Nov 14, 2014 ... During World War II, the Galapagos Islands held a great secret: Base Beta  not-
so-affectionately nicknamed The ... This was a U.S. military base, established to 
protect the western access of the Panama Canal. ... After World War II, the U.S. 
turned the air force base over to the Ecuadorian government. [DOC] [TLE] Building the Navy's Bases in World War II. - Galpagos History ... [PAR] Naval defense of the Panama Canal, the focal point of our communications 
between ... There were no potential sites for air bases, either on American soil or 
on territory ... group, the former controlled by Costa Rica and the latter by 
Ecuador, ... Advance bases were established during 1942 and 1943 on Taboga 
Island at the... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter XIII: Out From the Canal Zone - US Army Center Of Military ... [PAR] May 30, 2002 ... When plans for developing the newly acquired Caribbean bases ... be 
established over all the Army forces in the Panama Canal ... The same problem 
that had faced the Panama Canal Department now confronted the larger theater. 
..... Ecuador "the right to construct landing fields on those islands at U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter XII: Forging the Defenses of the Canal - US Army Center Of ... [PAR] May 30, 2002 ... The mobility given to the fleet by the Panama Canal is too obvious to require ... 
During 1939 plans and measures for reinforcing the defenses ... Proposals that 
the United States acquire Cocos Island and the Galapagos group had ... the 
purpose of establishing thereon such advanced naval air bases and... [DOC] [TLE] Pacific Islands Forts - North American Forts [PAR] Aug 23, 2013 ... A commercial seaplane base was established in 1935 on Peale .... Another of the 
Line Islands group, claimed by the U.S. in 1857, .... gun battery and several 
37mm AA batteries to protect the base. ... The U.S. Army emplaced an SCR-271 
early warning radar here during WWII as part of the Panama Canal's... [DOC] [TLE] WWII | GALAPAGOS BLOG [PAR] Group of Navy Men stationed in Baltra John H Peck is #7 ... United States 
interests made a base in the Galapagos Islands a priority and Baltra was the 
ideal island ... and with Ecuador for the use of the Galapagos as military bases to 
protect the Panama Canal. US ... Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting the Base in Baltra 
During WWII. [DOC] [TLE] HyperWar: Building the Navy's Bases in World War II [Chapter 18] [PAR] Naval defense of the Panama Canal, the focal point of our communications ... 
with facilities to include a thoroughly protected anchorage, a major air station, 
and an ... Only Cocos Island and the Galapagos group, the former controlled by 
Costa ... expanded during 1942, with the development of bases at Salinas, 
Ecuador;... [DOC] [TLE] Galapagos History - Darwin's Galapagos [PAR] The Galapagos Islands were discovered in 1535 by Fray Tomas de Berlanga, 
bishop of Panama who drifted across

Question: To protect the Panama Canal during WWII, the U.S. established a base in this Ecuadoran island group
Answer: Galapagos Islands