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Gilbert Islands and the Pacific Foothold in War
The National Geographic Society outlines the Gilbert Islands in the western Pacific, detailing Tarawa Makin and atolls, their strategic value toward Tokyo, and the Micronesian peoples. It notes the 1942 attacks, local life, copra trade, and native society amid wartime changes.
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National Geographic Society
Eagle
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National Geografhic Society
San Francia
Pearl Harbor
Tarawa
Gilbert
Tanda
Makin
Western Pacific
Gilbert Yalands
Grest
Britain
Gilbert and Ellica Islands
Marinera
Rempnent
Yap Gilbert
Wetio
Tarawe
Moss
Navy
Marines
Gilberts
Tokyo
Ammall
Micronesia
German Islands
Miriam
Marhalls
Ma Kin Im
Pacific
Palau
Failippine
Tarawa Blanketa Jnop
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Carolines
Marianas
Philippines
China
Gilbert Atolls
Yanis
Robert Louis Stevenson
John Byron
Tukuway
Earlleat
Gilberta
Lord Byron
Maryland
Gilbert Islands