"REVIEW D-Day at Tarawa by Decision Games" Topic
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06 Dec 2021 9:18 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Removed from WWII Naval Discussion boardRemoved from WWII in the Pacific boardCrossposted to WWII Media board
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| Tango01 | 06 Dec 2021 9:09 p.m. PST |
"The Battle of Tarawa was an amphibious landing operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought on 20–23 November 1943. It took place 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 fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll. This engagement was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the Pacific War that the United States had faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but on Tarawa the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-supplied and well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps…"
Full Review here
link Armand |
| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2021 3:04 p.m. PST |
This is a Review of a wargame… not an historical review of the Battle of Tarawa… I cannot understand why it was removed from WW2 Naval Discussion and the Pacific… Armand |
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