Wrecked Japanese Plane, Makin Atoll, 1943
A wrecked Japanese seaplane and US forces on the beach at Makin Atoll, part of the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati), in November 1943. The Battle of Makin was part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign (November 1943 to February 1944) in the Pacific War of WWII (1939-45).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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