Tourism Authority of Kiribati

P.O Box 479, Takoronga, Betio, Tarawa. Republic of Kiribati

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WWII Kiribati Battlefield Guide

The islands of Kiribati did not feel the impact of World War II until the Japanese bombed Banaba 6 hours after bombing Pearl Harbor and then invading and capturing the islands of Butaritari and Tarawa on 10th December of 1941, just 3 days after the Pearl Harbor bombing. Later occupying Banaba in May 1942 and Abemama on September 1942.

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