Title

Marines land on the atoll of Tarawa

Caption

Marines land on the atoll of Tarawa on 20th November 1943. After three days of bloody fighting, the Japanese were crushed at the cost of 1000 deaths and 2000 seriously wounded.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP17A29_367

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,3in x 14,3in / 4896 x 4283 (300dpi)

Keywords

Marines Atoll Tarawa Japanese Japan Second World War World War Two WWII Armed Forces Troops Soldiers Death Corpses Photography Photograph 20th century 1940s Forties