USMC Bloody Tarawa 2 - Oil
by Tommy Anderson
Title
USMC Bloody Tarawa 2 - Oil
Artist
Tommy Anderson
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art - Oil
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Depicted here is the beach landing of the 2nd Marine Division in World War 2. The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio.
The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-supplied and well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps.
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