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Title
The Raid
Description
Elite Marine Raiders came ashore on Makin Island having debarked from two submarines for the purposes of taking Japanese prisoners, gathering intelligence, and destroying the enemy radar installation. This was also done to partially distract the Japanese from the upcoming invasion of Guadalcanal. Designed to be a small, highly trained …
Publisher
Date
1942-08-17
Scenario#
37
Scenario Description
Elite Marine Raiders came ashore on Makin Island having debarked from two submarines for the purposes of taking Japanese prisoners, gathering intelligence, and destroying the enemy radar installation. This was also done to partially distract the Japanese from the upcoming invasion of Guadalcanal. Designed to be a small, highly trained organization, the Raiders were expected to strike deep behind Japanese lines. All told. Marine Raiders would fight extensively in the Solomon Island Campaign where they would earn praise for their results on both Makin and Tulagi Islands.
Location
Makin Atoll
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Raid on Makin Island (17–18 August 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps Raiders on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known as Butaritari) in the Pacific Ocean. The aim was to destroy Imperial Japanese installations, take prisoners, gain intelligence on the Gilbert Islands area, and divert Japanese attention and reinforcements from the Allied landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Only the first of these objectives was achieved, but the raid did boost morale and provide a test for Raider tactics.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
Japanese

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