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1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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online resource nc rdacarrier |
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U.S. Navy Operations in World War II |
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U.S. Navy Operations in World War II.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 80). |
| Summary |
""Galvanic" was the joint operation led by the U.S. Navy Central Pacific Force to capture the Gilbert Islands, a Central Pacific chain straddling the equator. The operation's primary objectives were the capture of Apamama, Makin, and Tarawa atolls for future use as forward airfields to support subsequent operations in the Central Pacific. Approximately 200 ships and more than 35,000 soldiers and Marines would face around 5,600 Japanese combat and support troops. Despite the American preponderance of force, the Japanese would prove to be a tenacious foe. The operation is most remembered for the heavy losses suffered by the 2nd Marine Division in its heroic assault on Betio, the main island of Tarawa Atoll. The desperate fighting introduced Americans to the stark realities of amphibious warfare in the Pacific, prompting decades of questions related to the necessity of the battle and charges of negligence or incompetence on the part of its leaders. At the same time, Tarawa demonstrated that American combined operations could seize any Japanese position, no matter how strongly defended, a process that would play out repeatedly until the end of the Pacific War in 1945"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NHHC website, viewed Nov. 6, 2020). |
| Contents |
Prologue : the death of Sculpin -- Strategic setting -- The Japanese in the central Pacific -- Conceiving Galvanic -- Japanese control of the Gilberts -- Leadership and personnel -- Initial planning for Galvanic -- Intelligence -- Refining the plan -- The final operation plan -- Carrier raids on Rabaul -- Training -- Movement to target and logistics -- Bombardment and assault plans -- Pre-landing bombardment : Betio -- Betio landings -- Butaritari landings -- Japanese counterattack -- Mopping up -- Galvanic's lessons -- Summary and analysis -- Further reading -- About the authors. |
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United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 2nd -- History.
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 27th -- History.
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 27th. (OCoLC)fst00602331
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United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 2nd. (OCoLC)fst01800155
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Operation Galvanic, 1943 -- Planning.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati.
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Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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Opération Galvanic, 1943 -- Planification.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Kiribati.
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Bataille de Tarawa, Kiribati, 1943.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Opérations amphibies.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Japon.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Opérations navales américaines.
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Military operations, Naval -- American.
(OCoLC)fst01710245
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Planning. (OCoLC)fst01065224
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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Kiribati. (OCoLC)fst01212694
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Battle of Tarawa (Kiribati : 1943) (OCoLC)fst01143116 |
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Operation Galvanic (1943) (OCoLC)fst01046326 |
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Roland, Nicholas Keefauver, author.
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Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.), issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Tarawa and the Gilberts, November 1943 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cheser, S. Matthew. Galvanic. Washington, DC : Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, 2020 9781943604203 (DLC) 2020038683 (OCoLC)1198087299 |
| ISBN |
9781943604210 (Adobe pdf) |
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1943604215 |
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9781943604203 (paperback) |
| Gpo Item No. |
0415-D-08 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 221.20:G 13 |
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