The Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands was the period in the history of Kiribati between 1941 and 1945 when Imperial Japanese forces occupied the Gilbert Islands during World War II, in the Pa
10 shillings of the Japanese occupation currency, 1942
Betio aerial view in September 1943
Japanese defense in Betio
A6M Zero Japanese plane wrecked in Tarawa
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign was a series of engagements fought from August 1942 to February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan. They were th
Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands
…Pacific Islands home front during World War II. Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Japanese occupation of Nauru…
An SBD Dauntless flies patrol over USS Washington and USS Lexington during the Gilbert and Marshall islands campaign