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  2. Marshalls–Gilberts raids - Wikipedia

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    The MarshallsGilberts raids were tactical airstrikes and naval artillery attacks by United States Navy aircraft carrier and other warship forces against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942.

  3. Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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    In the Marshalls, the Americans lost 611 men, suffered 2,341 wounded, and 260 missing, while the Japanese lost over 11,000 men and had 358 captured. [11] After the Gilberts and Marshalls were taken, the Allies built naval bases, fortifications, and airfields on the islands to prepare for an assault on the Marianas. [2]

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    The show itself acknowledged the fandom name by having the titular character refer to his in-universe fans using the same name in an almost fourth-wall-breaking comment in Season 03 Episode 02. [248] [249] Lucy: Wal wal Music group The sound of a puppy barking, this continues the theme they began by naming their band after a dog. [250] Luke Black

  5. Category:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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    MarshallsGilberts raids; T. Battle of Tarawa This page was last edited on 1 November 2024, at 01:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  6. Battle of Tarawa - Wikipedia

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    Taking the Marshalls would provide the base needed to launch an offensive on the Marianas, but the Marshalls were cut off from direct communications with Hawaii by a Japanese garrison and air base on the small island of Betio, on the western side of the atoll of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Thus, in order to eventually launch an invasion of ...

  7. Gilbert Islands naval order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls: June 1942 April 1944. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. VII. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0-316-58307-7. Wright, Derrick (2004). Tarawa 1943: The Turning of the Tide. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-275-98271-8

  8. Battle of Makin - Wikipedia

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    The Gilberts lay within 200 miles (320 km) of the southern Marshalls and were well within range of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft based in the Ellice Islands, which could provide bombing support and long-range reconnaissance for operations in the Gilberts.

  9. Gilbert - Wikipedia

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    A. C. Gilbert Company, an American toy company; Gilbert (unit), a CGS unit of magnetomotive force Gilbert Building (disambiguation), several buildings on the American National Register of Historic Places