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With the Marines at Tarawa
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Series: US Marine Corps Motion Picture Film Productions, compiled ca. 1939 - ca. 1945
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Battle of Tarawa 1943 – The Start of the Island Hopping.
The story of the first American amphibious landing in the central Pacific. For 76 hours, the men of the 2nd Marine Division fought hard against a determined enemy on Betio Island, the largest island of the Tarawa Atoll. This battle will become known in history as the battle of Tarawa.
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Battle of Tarawa THEN & NOW | Betio Island | Kiribati
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TARAWA 2 of 2 WWII RARE COLOR FILM
Now, there, there is another example. In India there were... Why India? In this world. As in the, within our memory, there are two great wars, world war number one, world war number two. We have experienced. So I think some of you or many of you have not experienced what is the war number one in 1914 it was started, and I think none of you were born in 19... (laughs) So I have seen I was a child at that time. The war was declared in 1914. So beyond these two world wars, there were, there were another two great world wars. That is mentioned in the history of the epics, epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata: the war between Rama and Ravana and the war between the two cousin-brothers, Kurus and Pandava. But you'll be surprised. In these two wars God is the hero, practically. In the war bet...
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Battle of Tarawa | 1943 | Bloodiest Battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2 | US Army Battle Footage
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The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. Tarawa was the most fortified atoll America would invade during the Pacific Campaign. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. More than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in action and some 2,000 were wounded in only three days of figh...
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Battle of Tarawa like you have never seen it before !
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What They Saw: Combat Footage From Tarawa and Iwo Jima
I edited and re-arranged footage from the Battle of Tarawa (1943) and the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945). I had to stabilize some footage to show it more clearly and color match some clips as well as do away with shots i didn't feel was necessary (people standing around or on the radio etc), repeated shots or accidental shots etc). The footage is from "With The Marines on Tarawa" and "To The Shores of Iwo Jima" which were basically propaganda pieces for the Marine Corps with stock sound effects, cheesy narration and Disney-like music. I decided to remove all the audio and instead added a more appropriate track.
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The Battle of Tarawa: How the US Won in the Gilbert Islands | Battle 360 | History
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With the Marines at Tarawa
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Battle of Tarawa 1943 – The Start of the Island Hopping.
The story of the first American amphibious landing in the central Pacific. For 76 hours, the men of the 2nd Marine Division fought hard against a determined ene...
The story of the first American amphibious landing in the central Pacific. For 76 hours, the men of the 2nd Marine Division fought hard against a determined enemy on Betio Island, the largest island of the Tarawa Atoll. This battle will become known in history as the battle of Tarawa.
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The story of the first American amphibious landing in the central Pacific. For 76 hours, the men of the 2nd Marine Division fought hard against a determined enemy on Betio Island, the largest island of the Tarawa Atoll. This battle will become known in history as the battle of Tarawa.
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- published: 06 May 2021
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Battle of Tarawa THEN & NOW | Betio Island | Kiribati
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the bloodiest Battles of WW2, leaving scars and remains across Betio Island that still stand out today.
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TARAWA 2 of 2 WWII RARE COLOR FILM
Now, there, there is another example. In India there were... Why India? In this world. As in the, within our memory, there are two great wars, world war number ...
Now, there, there is another example. In India there were... Why India? In this world. As in the, within our memory, there are two great wars, world war number one, world war number two. We have experienced. So I think some of you or many of you have not experienced what is the war number one in 1914 it was started, and I think none of you were born in 19... (laughs) So I have seen I was a child at that time. The war was declared in 1914. So beyond these two world wars, there were, there were another two great world wars. That is mentioned in the history of the epics, epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata: the war between Rama and Ravana and the war between the two cousin-brothers, Kurus and Pandava. But you'll be surprised. In these two wars God is the hero, practically. In the war between Rama and Ravana... Rama is also the Personality of Godhead, incarnation of... And Krsna was also present... In two wars the God is present. You see? God is present. You see? And Hanuman. Hanuman, for the sake of pleasing the Lord, he set fire to the empire of Ravana, to the empire of the Ravana. And here also you find that Arjuna, he fought for the sake of the Supreme Lord Krsna. So fighting, fighting is not bad, provided it is fought for the, for pleasing the Supreme Lord. And fighting is also necessary sometimes. So we cannot make the world nonviolent.
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Now, there, there is another example. In India there were... Why India? In this world. As in the, within our memory, there are two great wars, world war number one, world war number two. We have experienced. So I think some of you or many of you have not experienced what is the war number one in 1914 it was started, and I think none of you were born in 19... (laughs) So I have seen I was a child at that time. The war was declared in 1914. So beyond these two world wars, there were, there were another two great world wars. That is mentioned in the history of the epics, epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata: the war between Rama and Ravana and the war between the two cousin-brothers, Kurus and Pandava. But you'll be surprised. In these two wars God is the hero, practically. In the war between Rama and Ravana... Rama is also the Personality of Godhead, incarnation of... And Krsna was also present... In two wars the God is present. You see? God is present. You see? And Hanuman. Hanuman, for the sake of pleasing the Lord, he set fire to the empire of Ravana, to the empire of the Ravana. And here also you find that Arjuna, he fought for the sake of the Supreme Lord Krsna. So fighting, fighting is not bad, provided it is fought for the, for pleasing the Supreme Lord. And fighting is also necessary sometimes. So we cannot make the world nonviolent.
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Battle of Tarawa | 1943 | Bloodiest Battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2 | US Army Battle Footage
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The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. Tarawa was the most fortified atoll America would invade during the Pacific Campaign. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. More than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in action and some 2,000 were wounded in only three days of fighting at Tarawa.
Battle of Tarawa | 1943 | Bloodiest Battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2 | US Army Battle Footage
About the the Battle of Tarawa:
In the Battle of Tarawa (November 20-23, 1943) during World War 2, the U.S. began its Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by seizing the heavily fortified, Japanese-held island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. The 18,000 U.S. Marines sent to tiny Betio were expected to easily secure it; however, problems quickly arose. Low tides prevented some U.S. landing crafts from clearing the coral reefs that ringed the island. Japanese coastal guns pounded the snagged vessels and desperate Marines gave up on freeing the boats and instead waded toward shore–hundreds of yards away– through chest-deep water amidst enemy fire. Despite heavy resistance from the 4,500 Japanese troops dug in on Betio, the Marines finally took the island after a bloody, 76-hour battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.
U.S. PACIFIC STRATEGY
After entering World War II in December 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U.S. began to halt Japan’s aggressive expansion in the Pacific with important battle victories at Midway Island (June 1942) and Guadalcanal (August 1942-February 1943) in the South Pacific. American commanders next set their sights on an island-hopping campaign across the central Pacific. They intended to take the Marshall Islands followed by the Mariana Islands, then advance on Japan.
The Gilbert Islands, a group of 16 atolls near the equator, were viewed by the U.S. as a stepping stone to the Marshalls and became the first target of the Central Pacific Campaign. In November 1943, the U.S. launched an offensive code-named Operation Galvanic, in which the prime target was the tiny island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. (As part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. would also send a smaller force to the Gilberts’ Makin Atoll, some 100 miles north of Tarawa. Compared with the taking of Tarawa, the U.S. faced far less Japanese resistance at Makin and the Americans secured the atoll by November 23, 1943.) In late December 1941, Tarawa, a coral atoll located some 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, had been seized by the Japanese, who heavily fortified Betio, Tarawa’s largest island.
By November 19, 1943, American warships had arrived near Tarawa. Naval and air bombardments were planned for the next morning with the goal of weakening Japan’s defenses and clearing the way for 18,000 U.S. Marines to seize the island. However, the taking of Tarawa would prove to be more difficult than the Americans had anticipated.
HEAVILY FORTIFIED TARAWA
Tarawa was the most fortified atoll America would invade during the Pacific Campaign. Japanese Admiral Keiji Shibasaki (1894-1943), confident in his command, reportedly bragged that the U.S. couldn’t take Tarawa with a million men in 100 years. Measuring around two miles long and a half-mile wide, the island of Betio was crisscrossed with defenses: 100 pillboxes (dug-in concrete bunkers), seawalls, an extensive trench system for defensive movements and an airstrip were supported by coastal guns, antiaircraft guns, heavy and light machine guns and light tanks. Betio’s beaches were naturally ringed with shallow reefs, which were covered with barbed wire and mines. The Japanese garrison at Betio was defended by at least 4,500 troops.
The U.S. fleet of warships that arrived at the Tarawa Atoll on November 19, 1943, included battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and a huge supply fleet, all supporting 18,000 Marines. The attack would be a monumental effort of combined arms coordination in a new war tactic, dubbed “Atoll War,” which relied upon heavy pre-invasion bombardment by battleships and carrier planes.
AFTERMATH OF TARAWA
More than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in action and some 2,000 were wounded in only three days of fighting at Tarawa. However U.S. commanders learned important lessons from the Battle of Tarawa that would be applied to future atoll wars.
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The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. Tarawa was the most fortified atoll America would invade during the Pacific Campaign. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. More than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in action and some 2,000 were wounded in only three days of fighting at Tarawa.
Battle of Tarawa | 1943 | Bloodiest Battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2 | US Army Battle Footage
About the the Battle of Tarawa:
In the Battle of Tarawa (November 20-23, 1943) during World War 2, the U.S. began its Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by seizing the heavily fortified, Japanese-held island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. The 18,000 U.S. Marines sent to tiny Betio were expected to easily secure it; however, problems quickly arose. Low tides prevented some U.S. landing crafts from clearing the coral reefs that ringed the island. Japanese coastal guns pounded the snagged vessels and desperate Marines gave up on freeing the boats and instead waded toward shore–hundreds of yards away– through chest-deep water amidst enemy fire. Despite heavy resistance from the 4,500 Japanese troops dug in on Betio, the Marines finally took the island after a bloody, 76-hour battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.
U.S. PACIFIC STRATEGY
After entering World War II in December 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U.S. began to halt Japan’s aggressive expansion in the Pacific with important battle victories at Midway Island (June 1942) and Guadalcanal (August 1942-February 1943) in the South Pacific. American commanders next set their sights on an island-hopping campaign across the central Pacific. They intended to take the Marshall Islands followed by the Mariana Islands, then advance on Japan.
The Gilbert Islands, a group of 16 atolls near the equator, were viewed by the U.S. as a stepping stone to the Marshalls and became the first target of the Central Pacific Campaign. In November 1943, the U.S. launched an offensive code-named Operation Galvanic, in which the prime target was the tiny island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. (As part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. would also send a smaller force to the Gilberts’ Makin Atoll, some 100 miles north of Tarawa. Compared with the taking of Tarawa, the U.S. faced far less Japanese resistance at Makin and the Americans secured the atoll by November 23, 1943.) In late December 1941, Tarawa, a coral atoll located some 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, had been seized by the Japanese, who heavily fortified Betio, Tarawa’s largest island.
By November 19, 1943, American warships had arrived near Tarawa. Naval and air bombardments were planned for the next morning with the goal of weakening Japan’s defenses and clearing the way for 18,000 U.S. Marines to seize the island. However, the taking of Tarawa would prove to be more difficult than the Americans had anticipated.
HEAVILY FORTIFIED TARAWA
Tarawa was the most fortified atoll America would invade during the Pacific Campaign. Japanese Admiral Keiji Shibasaki (1894-1943), confident in his command, reportedly bragged that the U.S. couldn’t take Tarawa with a million men in 100 years. Measuring around two miles long and a half-mile wide, the island of Betio was crisscrossed with defenses: 100 pillboxes (dug-in concrete bunkers), seawalls, an extensive trench system for defensive movements and an airstrip were supported by coastal guns, antiaircraft guns, heavy and light machine guns and light tanks. Betio’s beaches were naturally ringed with shallow reefs, which were covered with barbed wire and mines. The Japanese garrison at Betio was defended by at least 4,500 troops.
The U.S. fleet of warships that arrived at the Tarawa Atoll on November 19, 1943, included battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and a huge supply fleet, all supporting 18,000 Marines. The attack would be a monumental effort of combined arms coordination in a new war tactic, dubbed “Atoll War,” which relied upon heavy pre-invasion bombardment by battleships and carrier planes.
AFTERMATH OF TARAWA
More than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in action and some 2,000 were wounded in only three days of fighting at Tarawa. However U.S. commanders learned important lessons from the Battle of Tarawa that would be applied to future atoll wars.
- published: 26 Oct 2014
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Battle of Tarawa like you have never seen it before !
The Battle of Tarawa was the first large battle that the US encountered on their way to keep the Japanese out of the Pacific theater.
The Island of Betio played...
The Battle of Tarawa was the first large battle that the US encountered on their way to keep the Japanese out of the Pacific theater.
The Island of Betio played a imortant part in this huge plan...
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The Battle of Tarawa was the first large battle that the US encountered on their way to keep the Japanese out of the Pacific theater.
The Island of Betio played a imortant part in this huge plan...
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- published: 26 Sep 2021
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What They Saw: Combat Footage From Tarawa and Iwo Jima
I edited and re-arranged footage from the Battle of Tarawa (1943) and the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945). I had to stabilize some footage to show it more clearly and...
I edited and re-arranged footage from the Battle of Tarawa (1943) and the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945). I had to stabilize some footage to show it more clearly and color match some clips as well as do away with shots i didn't feel was necessary (people standing around or on the radio etc), repeated shots or accidental shots etc). The footage is from "With The Marines on Tarawa" and "To The Shores of Iwo Jima" which were basically propaganda pieces for the Marine Corps with stock sound effects, cheesy narration and Disney-like music. I decided to remove all the audio and instead added a more appropriate track.
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I edited and re-arranged footage from the Battle of Tarawa (1943) and the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945). I had to stabilize some footage to show it more clearly and color match some clips as well as do away with shots i didn't feel was necessary (people standing around or on the radio etc), repeated shots or accidental shots etc). The footage is from "With The Marines on Tarawa" and "To The Shores of Iwo Jima" which were basically propaganda pieces for the Marine Corps with stock sound effects, cheesy narration and Disney-like music. I decided to remove all the audio and instead added a more appropriate track.
- published: 06 Jul 2020
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