Marshalls–Gilberts raids

Marshalls–Gilberts raids
	Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
	; A bomb-laden SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber prepares to take off from the U.S. carrier Enterprise during the raids on February 1.
Date	February 1, 1942
Location	Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Micronesia10.000°N 170.000°E
Result	Minor damage to Japanese garrisons
Belligerents
United States; Gilbert and Ellice Islands	Japan
Commanders and leaders
William Halsey, Jr.; Frank Jack Fletcher	Shigeyoshi Inoue; Eiji Gotō
Units involved
Task Force 17	4th Fleet; 24th Air Flotilla
Strength
2 aircraft carriers,; 133 aircraft; 4 heavy cruisers; 1 light cruiser; 12 Destroyers; 2 replenishment oilers	51 aircraft
Casualties and losses
1 cruiser damaged,; 14 aircraft destroyed	3 auxiliary ships sunk,; 1 minelayer,; 1 light cruiser damaged,; 4 transports,; 2 auxiliary ships damaged,; 18 aircraft destroyed

The Marshalls–Gilberts raids were tactical airstrikes and naval artillery attacks by United States Navy aircraft carrier and other warship forces against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against Japanese-held territories conducted in the first half of 1942 as part of the undertaken strategy.

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