Tarawa Atoll On 10 November 1943, men of the United States Marine Corps invaded the island of Betio, located at the southwest corner of Tarawa Atoll in...

The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation...

of battle involving United States Marine forces in the Pacific Theatre of World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle Battle of Tarawa order of...

is the order of battle for the Guadalcanal Campaign, called Operation Watchtower, the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations...

of battle involving United States Marine forces in the Pacific Theatre of World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle Battle of Tarawa order of...

Orders of battle involving United States Marine forces in the Pacific Theatre of World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle Battle of Tarawa opposing...

The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia...

The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air...

simultaneous landings were made by United States Marine Corps forces on Tarawa and United States Army forces on Makin, two coral atolls located in the...

Expeditionary Brigade (Task Force Tarawa) under the command of Major William Peeples. The original plan was for Task Force Tarawa to take and hold the two bridges...