![U.S. Marines put up a tenacious defense against a large Japanese force invading Wake Island in December 1941.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/W205002_lg-760x531.jpg)
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WWII’s Battle of Wake Island: An Unsteady Victory
By John WukovitsIn mid-December 1941, during the thick of the Battle of Wake Island, the 400 U.S. Marines who called the island outpost home stood a lonely sentinel in the watery Central Pacific wilderness, like a cavalry fort in an oceanic version of the Western frontier. Read more