{"id":99479,"date":"2025-12-06T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=99479"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:45:58","slug":"battle-of-tarawa-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/12\/06\/battle-of-tarawa-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Tarawa, 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nT2BY9Psbsc?si=UEpd7cwoTyXaSTm9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Marine and US Army landing on the Tarawa Atoll&#8217;s Betio and Makin islands were the first operations in the new Central Pacific front of the Pacific War. Tarawa was one of the deadliest amphibious landings for the Marine Corps which hadn&#8217;t yet perfected such complex operations. But the lessons learned at Tarawa would already be applied a few months later at Kwajalein and Eniwetok.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\nGet Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nGeorge Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen R\u00f8ste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje,<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nAlexander, Joseph. <em>Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa<\/em>, Naval Institute Press, 1995<\/p>\n<p>Cook, Paul J. &#8220;Peninsula Lessons for Atoll Warfare: The U.S. Marine Corps and the Development of Naval Gunfire Doctrine&#8221;, <em>Athens Journal of History<\/em>, Vol. 6, No. 4 (2020)<\/p>\n<p>Sherrod, Robert Lee. <em>Tarawa: The Story of a Battle<\/em>, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944<\/p>\n<p>Toll, Ian W. <em>The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944<\/em>, W. W. Norton &#038; Company, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Wright, Derrick. <em>Pacific Victory: Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945<\/em>, Sutton Publishing Limited, 2005<\/p>\n<p>Wukovits, John. <em>One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle of Tarawa<\/em>, NAL Caliber, 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image.<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 5 Dec 2025 The Marine and US Army landing on the Tarawa Atoll&#8217;s Betio and Makin islands were the first operations in the new Central Pacific front of the Pacific War. Tarawa was one of the deadliest amphibious landings for the Marine Corps which hadn&#8217;t yet perfected such complex operations. 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