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Battle of Tarawa

1943 CE · Oceania · War

Battle of Tarawa
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The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, now part of the Republic of Kiribati but then a Japanese-occupied British colony. The battle was part of Operation Galvanic, the U. S. invasion of the Gilberts, and ended in a decisive American victory.

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