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Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Part of World War II, Pacific War U.S. Marines attack a Japanese stronghold during the Battle of Tarawa Date November, 1943 – February, 1944 Location Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean Result Allied victory Belligerents  United States Empire of Japan Commanders Chester Nimitz Holland Smith Richmond K. Turner Ralph C. Smith Marc A. Mitscher Harry W. Hill Thomas E. Watson Koso Abe Kanemitsu Keiji Shibazaki Seizo Ishikawa Monzo Akiyama Chuichi Hara Yoshimi Nishida Casualties and losses 1,837 dead or missing, 4,830 wounded 17,000 dead, 141 captured

v • d • e Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Makin raid – Tarawa – Makin – Kwajalein – Truk – Eniwetok

v • d • e Pacific Ocean theater Pearl Harbor – Midway – Solomons – Aleutians – Gilberts & Marshalls – Marianas & Palau – Volcano Is & Ryukyu Is

In the Pacific Theater of World War II, the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns, from November 1943 through February 1944, were the first offensive operations of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The campaign was preceded by a raid on Makin Island by U.S. Marines in August, 1942.

Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire.

The Marianas campaign followed the following summer.

References

• Drea, Edward J. (1998). "An Allied Interpretation of the Pacific War", In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1708-0. 
• Dyer, George Carroll. "The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner". United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved on October 20, 2006.

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