You control the US forces against a tenacious Japanese defense. The US marines assaulting the tiny island, with its strategically vital airstrip, found themselves in their toughest battle of World War II, a fight to the death against 5000 Japanese defenders.ĭ-Day at Tarawa advances the solitaire game system of its award-winning predecessor D-Day at Omaha Beach to the next level. Command the US 2nd Marine Division in “one square mile of hell”ĭ-Day at Tarawa is a solitaire game simulating the amphibious invasion of Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll.