Crusade in the Pacific : WW2 Documentary – S1, Ep11 – Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa

Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa

Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign in the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific. Allied aircraft first target the Marshall and Gilbert islands in a series of raids. The United States, then, uses amphibious landings to attack the atolls of Makin and Tarawa. Casualties are heavy on Tarawa, but eventually the atoll is taken.