LEADER 03473oam 22006612 450 001 9910708675103321 005 20201106134214.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002470476 035 $a(OCoLC)1198085836 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002470476 100 $a20200902d2020 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGalvanic $ebeyond the reef : Tarawa and the Gilberts, November 1943 /$fS. Matthew Cheser and Nicholas Roland 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cNaval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (80 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aU.S. Navy Operations in World War II 311 $a1-943604-21-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 80). 330 $a""Galvanic" was the joint operation led by the U.S. Navy Central Pacific Force to capture the Gilbert Islands, a Central Pacific chain straddling the equator. The operation's primary objectives were the capture of Apamama, Makin, and Tarawa atolls for future use as forward airfields to support subsequent operations in the Central Pacific. Approximately 200 ships and more than 35,000 soldiers and Marines would face around 5,600 Japanese combat and support troops. Despite the American preponderance of force, the Japanese would prove to be a tenacious foe. The operation is most remembered for the heavy losses suffered by the 2nd Marine Division in its heroic assault on Betio, the main island of Tarawa Atoll. The desperate fighting introduced Americans to the stark realities of amphibious warfare in the Pacific, prompting decades of questions related to the necessity of the battle and charges of negligence or incompetence on the part of its leaders. At the same time, Tarawa demonstrated that American combined operations could seize any Japanese position, no matter how strongly defended, a process that would play out repeatedly until the end of the Pacific War in 1945"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aGalvanic 606 $aOperation Galvanic, 1943$xPlanning 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zKiribati 606 $aTarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAmphibious operations 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zJapan 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American 606 $aMilitary campaigns$2fast 606 $aMilitary operations, Naval$xAmerican$2fast 606 $aPlanning$2fast 607 $aJapan$2fast 607 $aKiribati$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aOperation Galvanic, 1943$xPlanning. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aTarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAmphibious operations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American. 615 7$aMilitary campaigns. 615 7$aMilitary operations, Naval$xAmerican. 615 7$aPlanning. 676 $a940.54/26681 700 $aCheser$b S. Matthew$01370348 702 $aRoland$b Nicholas Keefauver 712 02$aNaval History & Heritage Command (U.S.), 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910708675103321 996 $aGalvanic$93398608 997 $aUNINA