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Wake Island - The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor
naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, with the surrender of American forces to the Empire of Japan. It was
fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United
States, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides. The island was held by the Japanese for the duration of the Pacific War theater of World War II; the remaining Japanese garrison
on the island surrendered to a detachment of United States Marines on 4 September 1945. (Wikipedia)
Photo - "An Unsteady Victory at the Battle of Wake Island" - Marine defenders of Wake Island under attack by invading Japanese amphnibious forces, circa 8 - 23 December 1941.
(Warfare History Network)
Map - Diagram of Wake Island, February 1942. (U.S. National Archives photo # 80-G-466235 a U.S Navy Photo, now in the collections of the National Archives and Records
Administration) |
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