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/