2006-11-26 12:39:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Depends: 1942 - Japan. 1945 - U.S.
In 1942 the Japanese attacked Wake Island thinking that it would be an easy conquest. The Marines stationed there put up a dogged defence that cost the Japanese more time and men than they had predicted. Wake Island was basically valuable only as a staging area for further forays into the Pacific, for both the U.S. and Japan (the Pan Am Clipper used Wake as a fueling station)
2006-11-26 12:44:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dr_Adam_Bricker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wake Island was right after Pearl Harbor in 1941 so the Japanese took it but only after a handful of US Marines held out for as long as they could which was untill Dec 24 1941
2006-11-26 12:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Dan W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America
2006-11-26 13:05:21 · answer #3 · answered by babydco06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The japanese won this historic battle.US Marines,Navy,and civilian contractors put up a hell of a fight.It cost the japanese forces and when they took the island they executed many of our servicemen in cold blood.Am I prejiduce,your damn right,wont buy anything these lil chinky bastards make.
2006-11-26 12:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by harleyman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Japan won it, but it cost them dearly.
2006-11-26 12:42:34 · answer #5 · answered by blakenyp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all lost......
2006-11-26 12:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋