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The Bird's Throat [Mission]

Map: Betio, Tarawa Atoll 1943 - 11/23/1943
Gamemode: Operation (3 phases)
Invaders: United States (allies)
Defenders: Japan (axis)



The morning after the Banzai Attack, the Marines of 1st Battalion 8th Marines begin their final attack on a small isolated pocket of Japanese resistance between Red Beach 1 and Red Beach 2. From the air, the island of Betio appeared as a perched bird with its beak at Red Beach 1 and its tail at Takarongo Point. This image gave the spot joining Red Beach 1 and Red Beach 2 the nickname of “The Bird’s Throat”. The had been fighting to reduce this pocket of isolated Japanese for days but had not been able to move against it. At 9 am, the attack was commenced and by noon the pocket had been reduced. The Japanese in the pocket fought to the last man.





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