Echo of Battle of Betio during Operation Galvanic #history #ww2 #wwii
"In November 1943, during Operation Galvanic, the United States launched their first major amphibious assault in the Central Pacific: the conquest of Tarawa Atoll, in the Gilbert Islands. On the small island of Betio, which is less than three kilometers long, over 4,800 Japanese soldiers had built a true bastion of bunkers, cannons, and machine ...