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<b>On August 17–18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific.</b><br><br>This ambitious but flawed operation was intended to divert Japanese reinforcements bound for Guadalcanal, over 1,000 miles to the southwest, in the wake of the US landings there ten days earlier; the Raiders were to destroy the seaplane base and radio station, take prisoners, and collect intelligence. Although yie

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Author

Gordon L. Rottman, Johnny Shumate, Mark Stacey, Ian Palmer, Alan Gilliland

Publisher

Osprey Publishing Ltd

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472803290

Category

history

Subjects

History, Science, United States

Rating

4.6 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14