Location: Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania; View on Open­Street­Map

Documents the political, social and military context of the Second World War as it affected Kiribati. Uses oral and written accounts from people directly involved and official records.

In November 1943, U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands (now the Republic of Kiribati) in what was known as Operation GALVANIC. This operation was part of the Allied …

Battle of Tarawa US-JP WW2 is a battlefield in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. Battle of Tarawa US-JP WW2 is situated nearby to the town Betio, as well as near Bairiki. Photo: Barbe-sauvage, CC …

2009年11月17日 · In the Battle of Tarawa (November 20-23, 1943) during World War II (1939-45), the U.S. began its Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by seizing the heavily fortified, …

Tarawa, coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands and capital of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It lies 2,800 miles (4,500 km) northeast of Australia and is the most populous atoll in the …

Satellite map of Battle of Tarawa, Kiribati. Latitude: 1.4228 Longitude: 172.9720. The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought from November 20 …

Japanese Occupied WW2 is a historical site in Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Mapcarta, the open map.

World War II in Kiribati Sam Highland The Republic of Kiribati consists of three groups of islands, namely the Giibert Group, the Line Group, and the Phoenix Group, all scattered across the …

Highlights of the tour include: Red Beach 1,2 and 3; Vickers 8” coastal guns, brought during the Russian Japanese war of 1905; Japanese bunkers and pillboxes which fortified the island of …