EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Wake Island
Added 2022-09-03 13:12:24 +0000 UTCShortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese military set their eyes on a tiny speck of a rock staffed with a handful of Marines and civilian contractors. Trapped and with no hope of relief, the strange adhoc garrison made the invaders bleed.
Sources:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-wake-island-1941
https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-wake-island/
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003119-00/sec1.htm
https://www.historynet.com/hard-luck-island-battle-of-wake-island/
Comments
Hey Liam, sounds like Tobey is a perfect fit for r/OneOrangeBraincell
TC Green
2022-09-09 13:48:36 +0000 UTC"Hey fellas, if we can shoot down one of them Zeroes so it crashes on the island, there might be some pep pills in there"
Nick Thomson
2022-09-07 00:45:50 +0000 UTC
