Tarawa 1943

The turning of the tide

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Tarawa 1943

The turning of the tide

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An detailed examination of this bloody Pacific battle, featuring maps, artwork and archive photography.

The island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll was defended by the elite troops of the Special Naval Landing Force, whose commander, Admiral Shibasaki, boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years". In a pioneering amphibious invasion, the Marines of the 2nd Division set out to prove him wrong, overcoming serious planning errors to fight a 76-hour battle of unprecedented savagery. The cost would be more than 3000 Marine casualties at the hands of a garrison of some 3700.

This richly illustrated volume examines the battle in depth and the lessons learned, which would dispel forever any illusions that Americans had about the fighting quality of the Japanese.

Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign

Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefield today

Appendices
Further reading
Index

Product details

Published 25 Oct 2000
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841761022
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 77 b/w; 19 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 77
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Derrick Wright

Derrick Wright's interest in WWII was sparked by h…

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Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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