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Marshalls–Gilberts raids
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Marshalls–Gilberts raids
The
Marshalls–Gilberts raids
were tactical
airstrikes
and
naval artillery
attacks by
United States Navy
aircraft carrier
and other warship forces against
Imperial Japanese Navy
(IJN)
garrisons
in the
Marshall
and
Gilbert Islands
on 1 February 1942. The Japanese garrisons were under the overall command of
Vice Admiral
Shigeyoshi Inoue
, commander of the
4th Fleet
. Japanese aircraft in the islands belonged to the IJN's 24th Air Flotilla under Rear Admiral
Eiji Goto
. The U.S. warship forces were under the overall command of
Vice Admiral
William Halsey, Jr.
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