What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1943 – 23 Nov 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 1.43° N, 172.98° E
- Description
- battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
- War
- World War II
Battle of Tarawa
Battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
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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