Thursday, October 19, 2017

Operation Fetlock, or the occupation of Funafuti Atoll (2 October 1942

Operation Fetlock, or the occupation of Funafuti Atoll (2 October 1942) saw the Americans seize the largest atoll in the Ellice Islands, ready to turn it into a base to use against the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands.
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