Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, 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 minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, 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 naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, 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 minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides.
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A Batalha da Ilha Wake foi uma ...... ros Navais dos Estados Unidos.
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Bitwa o wyspę Wake – bitwa maj ...... mi w dniach 8–23 grudnia 1941.
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La bataille de l'atoll de Wake ...... près la capitulation du Japon.
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La batalla de l'Illa de Wake é ...... ior en nombre i poder ofensiu.
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La batalla de la Isla Wake fue ...... en medio del Océano Pacífico.
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La battaglia dell'Isola di Wak ...... ensi solo il 4 settembre 1945.
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Pertempuran Pulau Wake dimulai ...... nyerah kepada Amerika Serikat.
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Slaget om Wake Island stod mel ...... e utan strid 4 september 1945.
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The Battle of Wake Island bega ...... to General Douglas MacArthur.
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Битва за остров Уэйк (англ. Ba ...... рнизон сдался эскадре ВМС США.
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10 aircraft lost
144 casualties
2 destroyers sunk
2 patrol boats wrecked
20 aircraft damaged
340 killed
65 wounded
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1941-12-23
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First attempt: American victory
Second attempt: Japanese victory
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*399 infantry of the1st Defense Battalion
*50det. VMF-211
1 submarine tender
12 aircraft
12 anti-aircraft guns68 U.S. Navy personnel
2 aircraft carriers
2 destroyers
2 heavy cruisers
2 patrol boats
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A destroyed Japanese patrol boat on Wake.
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Eiji Gotō
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Henry T. Elrod
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James P.S. Devereux
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Paul A. Putnam
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Sadamichi Kajioka
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Shigematsu Sakaibara
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Shigeyoshi Inoue
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Tamon Yamaguchi
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Winfield S. Cunningham
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Battle of Wake Island
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the Pacific Theater of World War II
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Wake Island, U.S. territory
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First attempt: American victory
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Second attempt: Japanese victory
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*399 infantry of the 1st Defense Battalion
*50 det. VMF-211
6 coastal artillery pieces
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A Batalha da Ilha Wake foi uma ...... nas ilhotas de Peale e Wilkes.
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Bitwa o wyspę Wake – bitwa maj ...... mi w dniach 8–23 grudnia 1941.
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La bataille de l'atoll de Wake ...... près la capitulation du Japon.
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La batalla de l'Illa de Wake é ...... ior en nombre i poder ofensiu.
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La batalla de la Isla Wake fue ...... en medio del Océano Pacífico.
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La battaglia dell'Isola di Wak ...... e statunitensi ivi dispiegata.
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Pertempuran Pulau Wake dimulai ...... nyerah kepada Amerika Serikat.
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Slaget om Wake Island stod mel ...... e utan strid 4 september 1945.
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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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Bataille de l'atoll de Wake
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Batalha da Ilha Wake
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Batalla de l'illa 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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Pertempuran Pulau Wake
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Schlacht um Wake
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Slaget om Wake Island
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