Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This Images of War book covers the dramatic events that befell both the Gilbert and Ellice Pacific island groups using a wealth of well-captioned photos and informed text.Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Gilbert Islands were occupied by the Japanese who built a seaplane base at Butaritari. In August 1942 this base was attacked by the US 2nd Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). As a result the base was reinforced and a second built at Apamana. Betio Island on the Tarawa Atoll became the main Japanese strong point.Operation Galvanic, the US assault on Butarita, Apamana and Betio, was launched in November 1943 by the 2nd Marine Division and the 27th Infantry Division. While short in duration, the Betio battle has the dubious distinction of being the most costly in US Marine Corps history.Thanks to the author's in depth knowledge and access to superb contemporary images, this book will be of particular interest and value to historians and laymen.

Operation Galvanic, 1943 --- Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. --- United States. --- History --- Tarawa, Battle of (Kiribati : 1943) --- 1943 --- Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) --- Kiribati. --- History, Military.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. --- United States. --- United States. --- History --- 1939-1945 --- Kiribati.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

World War, 1939-1945 --- Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. --- Bataille de Tarawa, Kiribati, 1943. --- 1939-1945. --- Kiribati.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

""Galvanic" was the joint operation led by the U.S. Navy Central Pacific Force to capture the Gilbert Islands, a Central Pacific chain straddling the equator. The operation's primary objectives were the capture of Apamama, Makin, and Tarawa atolls for future use as forward airfields to support subsequent operations in the Central Pacific. Approximately 200 ships and more than 35,000 soldiers and Marines would face around 5,600 Japanese combat and support troops. Despite the American preponderance of force, the Japanese would prove to be a tenacious foe. The operation is most remembered for the heavy losses suffered by the 2nd Marine Division in its heroic assault on Betio, the main island of Tarawa Atoll. The desperate fighting introduced Americans to the stark realities of amphibious warfare in the Pacific, prompting decades of questions related to the necessity of the battle and charges of negligence or incompetence on the part of its leaders. At the same time, Tarawa demonstrated that American combined operations could seize any Japanese position, no matter how strongly defended, a process that would play out repeatedly until the end of the Pacific War in 1945"--

Operation Galvanic, 1943 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. --- Planning. --- Campaigns --- Amphibious operations. --- Naval operations, American. --- United States. --- History. --- 1939-1945 --- Japan. --- Kiribati.