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Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon.
Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three coral islets that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet above sea level.
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Battle of Wake Island, (December 8–23, 1941), during World War II, battle for Wake Island, an atoll consisting of three coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) in the central Pacific Ocean. During the battle a small force of U.S. Marines and civilian defenders fought elements of the Imperial.
- In January 1941 the United States began constructing military facilities on Wake Island for use as an advance defensive outpost. By December hundre...
- The Battle of Wake Island took place on Wake Island, an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles west of Hawaii and 600 miles north of...
- Although the Battle of Wake Island ended in a U.S. defeat, the Japanese navy suffered significant losses at the hands of a much smaller American fo...
- The Battle of Wake Island lasted 16 days, from December 8 to December 23, 1941.
- The Japanese won the Battle of Wake Island. They lost four ships, one submarine, and some 1,000 lives; just over 100 Americans and Guamanians died...
Wake Island: Japan’s First Setback. The battle for a lonely outpost in the Pacific became a supreme test of wills between the island’s American defenders and the overconfident Japanese invaders. This article appears in: Spring 2021.
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The valiant defense of Wake Island by US Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilians became a potent rallying point for Americans in the dark days after Pearl Harbor.
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Learn how a small American garrison of Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilians defended Wake Island against a Japanese invasion in 1941. Read about the strategic importance, the airfield construction, the surprise attack, and the fierce resistance of the outnumbered defenders.
