Shortly 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.
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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/
