This two part class utilizes the Great Courses series on World War II, Pacific Theater. It consists of multi media material. After Guadalcanal was captured the next major battle was titled Operation Galvanic. Its objective was the capture of Tarawa and Makin Atols. The battle of Tarawa was extremely costly to the marines with over 9,900 casualties in two + days of extremely heavy fighting. DISCLAIMER; CONTAINS DISTURBING VIDEO AND COMMENTARTY.