Battle of Tarawa
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battle-of-tarawa-178-13027494
title:
Battle of Tarawa
text:
The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fight, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll. At the time, Betio was only 118 hectares. The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical Central Pacific region. It
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa
date created:
2004-07-04T03:29:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T18:38:30Z
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13
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