This film is an edited version of "The Capture of Tarawa from Japan", a United News newsreel from 1943.

The complete version is available on the US National Archives YouTube channel: [ Ссылка ]

The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War. It took place between 20-23 November 1943, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation GALVANIC, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll. [ Ссылка ]

CREATED BY
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

This film is shared for educational purposes only.

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