Tarawa is one of the sixteen atoll which form the Gilbert Group.
On WWII, the battle for Tarawa was a pivotal event in the Pacific Theater at the end of 1943. The Gilbert Islands were the south easternmost outposts of the Japanese Empire, and Betio Island on the South West corner of Tarawa Atoll had been transformed into the most heavily fortified base, yard-for-yard, of any in the Pacific.
The centre of Betio was largely occupied by the 4,000 feet airstrip built on compacted reef mud and coral.
The Betio Airfield scenery is roughly historically accurate and shows a highly detailed depiction of airbase and coastal defences, for represent a wartime style of this japanese airfield.
The other airfields sceneries (Bonriki and Buariki) are totally fictional. Shows the current airfields layer took from the real maps and a supposed buildings distribution just as a Japanese Navy and Army Airfield during WWII.
All information are took through the net, for represent a wartime style of this airfields as Japanese airbases.
