Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yakin Pacific (Yaƙin Duniya na II) an yi amfani da Tsibirin Ellice a matsayin tushe don shirya don hare-haren da aka kai a tsibirin Gilbert (Kiribati) wanda sojojin Japan suka mamaye
Ka yi haƙuri. Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka ta sauka a Funafuti a ranar 2 ga Oktoba 1942 da Nanumea da Nukufetau a watan Agusta 1943. Jafananci sun riga sun mamaye Tarawa da sauran tsibirai a cikin abin da yanzu Kiribati, amma an jinkirta su saboda asarar da aka yi a Yaƙin Tekun Coral.