Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on 23 December 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Empire of Japan. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Empire of Japan against those of the U.S., with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides.
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Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on 23 December 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Empire of Japan. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Empire of Japan against those of the U.S., with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides.
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Bitwa o wyspę Wake – bitwa maj ...... dniach 8–23 grudnia 1941 roku.
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Die Schlacht um Wake war eines ...... stück ihrer Militärgeschichte.
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La bataille de l'atoll de Wake ...... près la capitulation du Japon.
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La batalla de la Isla Wake es ...... oder ofensivo.[cita requerida]
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La battaglia dell'Isola di Wak ...... ensi solo il 4 settembre 1945.
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The Battle of Wake Island bega ...... s Marines on 4 September 1945.
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Битва за остров Уэйк (англ. Ba ...... рнизон сдался эскадре ВМС США.
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ウェーク島の戦い（ウェークとうのたたかい、Battle of ...... 。なお、戦いの後のウェーク島日本軍部隊の状況についても記す。
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1 light cruiser heavily damaged
1 submarine sunk
2 destroyers sunk
2 patrol boats wrecked
2 transports sunk
20 aircraft damagedref|USMC Hi ...... ft damaged by flak.|group=Note
300+ killed
333 wounded
7–8 aircraft shot down
820 killed
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1941-12-23
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Japanese victory
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*399 infantry of the1st Marine Defense Battalion
*50det. VMF-211
12 aircraft
12 anti-aircraft guns68 U.S. Navy personnel
2 aircraft carriers
2 destroyers
2 heavy cruisers
2 patrol boats
2 troop transports
2,500 infantry
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A destroyed Japanese patrol boat on Wake.
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Bitwa o wyspę Wake – bitwa maj ...... dniach 8–23 grudnia 1941 roku.
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Die Schlacht um Wake war eines ...... stück ihrer Militärgeschichte.
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La bataille de l'atoll de Wake ...... près la capitulation du Japon.
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La batalla de la Isla Wake es ...... oder ofensivo.[cita requerida]
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La battaglia dell'Isola di Wak ...... e statunitensi ivi dispiegata.
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The Battle of Wake Island bega ...... prominent role on both sides.
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Битва за остров Уэйк (англ. Ba ...... рнизон сдался эскадре ВМС США.
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ウェーク島の戦い（ウェークとうのたたかい、Battle of ...... 。なお、戦いの後のウェーク島日本軍部隊の状況についても記す。
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Bataille de l'atoll de Wake
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Batalla de la Isla de Wake
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Battaglia dell'Isola di Wake
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Battle of Wake Island
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Bitwa o wyspę Wake
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Schlacht um Wake
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Битва за остров Уэйк
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ウェーク島の戦い
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Battle of Wake Island
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