Category:Battle of Wake Island

**Battle of Wake Island**
	1941 battle of World War II
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Instance of	battle;
Part of	Pacific War;
Location	Wake Island; Peale Island; Wilkes Island; United States;
Number of participants	2,500 (Empire of Japan); 527 (United States);
Start time	8 December 1941;
End time	23 December 1941;
Number of deaths	820 (Empire of Japan); 122 (United States);
Number of injured	333 (Empire of Japan); 49 (United States);
	19° 17′ 24″ N, 166° 36′ 03.6″ E
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Media in category "Battle of Wake Island"

The following 27 files are in this category, out of 27 total.

A monument to U.S. Marines killed and captured in the Battle of Wake Island from December 8-23, 1941, stands near the Wake Island Airfield terminal in the middle Pacific.jpg 4,102 × 2,729; 2.43 MB
Amakasu Maru No.1.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 398 KB
BGen Bayler - 19420103 - Chevron.jpg 837 × 1,599; 441 KB
Destroyed fuel storage tanks on Wake Island c1941.jpg 5,719 × 4,064; 7.6 MB
Destroyed Japanese patrol boat wake.jpg 300 × 136; 10 KB
F4F-3 wreck VMF-211 Wake Island 1941.jpg 5,732 × 4,274; 7.59 MB
Guam Memorial on Wake Island.jpg 7,360 × 4,912; 4.39 MB
Hand-drawn lettering marks a coral head near the shoreline of the Wake Island lagoon in the mid-Pacific.jpg 4,144 × 2,757; 1.86 MB
Japanese patrol boats 32 and 33.jpg 600 × 372; 41 KB
Marines at Battle of Wake Island plaque located at John A. Lejeune Hall (Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune) 001.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 1.19 MB
Marines at Wake Is. plaque MMH.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 1.03 MB
Quit Bellyaching You're Lucky! - DPLA - 3d12eaf270c785a583b464bcec6c717b.jpg 5,400 × 7,258; 3.38 MB
THE DEFENSE OF WAKE ISLAND - NARA - 515586.jpg 3,000 × 1,962; 893 KB
THE DEFENSE OF WAKE ISLAND - NARA - 515586.tif 3,000 × 1,962; 16.84 MB
USMC-17599.jpg 4,368 × 2,912; 1.53 MB
USMC-17673 Plaque.png 319 × 221; 105 KB
USMC-17673.jpg 2,912 × 4,368; 1.78 MB
USMC-M-Wake-17.PNG 520 × 236; 74 KB
Wake civilian contractors marching in captivity 1941.jpg 599 × 382; 117 KB
Wake Island Japanese landing on Wilkes 23 Dec 1941.PNG 950 × 808; 291 KB
Wake Island map 0400 hrs 23 Dec 1941.PNG 950 × 429; 192 KB
Wake Island map Dec 1941.PNG 950 × 803; 306 KB
Wake Island situation 0900 23 Dec 1941.PNG 950 × 429; 191 KB
Wake Island surface action 11 December 1941.PNG 950 × 932; 233 KB
Wake Island US counterattack Wilkes 23 Dec 1941.PNG 950 × 808; 242 KB
WakeIslandDevice.jpg 112 × 232; 12 KB
Wreckage Wildcat Wake Island.jpg 5,762 × 3,881; 7.17 MB