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Wake [ˈweɪk] (marshallesisch Ānen Kio, übersetzt „Insel der Kio-Blume“) ist ein Atoll im westlichen Pazifischen Ozean, zwischen Hawaii und den Nördlichen Marianen, nördlich der Marshallinseln gelegen.
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- 7,8 km²
- Wake Island
- Pazifischer Ozean
Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 13.86 km² (5.35 sq mi)
- 6 m (21 ft)
Die Schlacht um Wake war eines der ersten Gefechte zwischen Japan und den USA im Pazifikkrieg. Sie begann einen Tag nach dem japanischen Angriff auf Pearl Harbor am 8. Dezember 1941 und endete am 23. Dezember mit dem Sieg der japanischen Angreifer. Die Verteidigung der Insel durch eine weit unterlegene Zahl von Soldaten des US Marine ...
- Sieg der Japaner
- Japanisches Kaiserreich Japan
- 8. Dezember bis 23. Dezember 1941
Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three coral islets that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet above sea level.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Battle of Wake Island, (December 8–23, 1941), during World War II, battle for Wake Island, an atoll consisting of three coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) in the central Pacific Ocean. During the battle a small force of U.S. Marines and civilian defenders fought elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which ultimately seized the island ...
- In January 1941 the United States began constructing military facilities on Wake Island for use as an advance defensive outpost. By December hundre...
- The Battle of Wake Island took place on Wake Island, an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles west of Hawaii and 600 miles north of...
- Although the Battle of Wake Island ended in a U.S. defeat, the Japanese navy suffered significant losses at the hands of a much smaller American fo...
- The Battle of Wake Island lasted 16 days, from December 8 to December 23, 1941.
- The Japanese won the Battle of Wake Island. They lost four ships, one submarine, and some 1,000 lives; just over 100 Americans and Guamanians died...
A historical article about the battle for a lonely outpost in the Pacific that became a supreme test of wills between the island’s American defenders and the overconfident Japanese invaders. Learn how the Marines built defenses, fought off the invasion, and faced the consequences of the war.
Learn how the valiant defense of Wake Island by US Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilians in 1941 became a potent rallying point for Americans in the dark days after Pearl Harbor. The article traces the history of the atoll's strategic value, construction, and Japanese attack, and the heroic efforts of the garrison and the civilians to resist the invasion.
