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US Marines Were Pinned Down On Tarawa Until One Bulldozer Driver Changed The Battle

November 20th, 1943. 4:30 a.m. The American Fifth Fleet sat off the coast of a tiny coral ring known as Betio. Admiral Shibasaki had boasted that a million men couldn't take the island in a hundred years. The US Marines were about to try and do it in three days. In this feature-length documentary, we analyze the Battle of Tarawa. We explore the tactical nightmare of the neap tide that left Marines wading through 500 yards of open water under devastating fire, the sheer resilience of the Japanese "honeycomb" defenses, and the industrial courage required to break them. This is the story of how the US Marine Corps was forged in the white-hot furnace of the Central Pacific. Key topics analyzed: The Reef Disaster: How a miscalculation of the tides led to a massacre at the water's edge. The Log Bunkers: Analyzing the "impregnable" Japanese fortifications of Betio. The Amtrac Revolution: How the LVT became the unsung hero of amphibious warfare. The Cost of Progress: Why the heavy casualties at Tarawa changed US military doctrine forever. 76 Hours of Hell: A minute-by-minute look at the struggle for the airfield. Visuals are AI-assisted reconstructions. Historical events and quotes are based on documented sources. #WW2 #Tarawa #USMC #PacificWar #MilitaryHistory #Betio #Documentary #MarineCorps #NavalWarfare #1943 00:00 November 20, 1943: The Approach to the Gilberts 08:15 Operation Galvanic: The Strategy of Island Hopping 18:30 "A Million Men": The Impregnable Defenses of Betio 32:15 Disaster at the Reef: The Tide That Failed 45:50 Red Beach: The First Waves Into the Charnel House 58:20 The Amtrac's Baptism of Fire: LVTs in Action 01:08:40 Breaking the Line: Bunker-to-Bunker Warfare 01:14:15 The Tally: The Brutal Cost of Victory 01:16:32 Legacy: Learning to Fight the Island 01:17:01 End of Broadcast