Butaritari

Butaritari is a map that takes place in an island with the same name. It is one of the earliest maps to be added to the game.
==Map description==
Butaritari
Makin Atoll
Gilbert Islands
1943
American troops have landed on Butaritari, a remote island garrisoned by hundreds of Japanese soldiers
File:Butaritari description image 1.png|Observation tower at the base of King's Wharf 
File:Butaritari description image 2.png|US troops observing the crashed sea plane
File:Butaritari description image 3.png|Wreck of a Japanese sea plane
File:Butaritari description image 4.png|Japanese radio communication station within the fortified area of king's wharf
File:Butaritari description image 5.png|Aerial view of the real Butaritari
==Capture points==
There are 5 Capture points in Butaritari
File:Butaritari A.png|A: Beachhead
File:Butaritari B.png|B: Barracks
File:Butaritari C.png|C: Fuel Depot
File:Butaritari D.png|D: Plane Wreck
File:Butaritari E.png|E: Radio Tower
==History==
===Japanese invasion===
On 10 December 1941, just 3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese troops and laborers arrived and occupied the Makin atoll without any resistance. Japanese forces then constructed a seaplane base in the island.
===US raid of Makin Atoll===
In August 1942, US Marine Corps Raiders landed on Butaritari using 2 Submarines carrying a Battalion headquarters, A Company and 18 men from B Company, totaling 121 troops lead by Evan Carloss. Because of bad weather Carl decided that all Raiders land in the same beach. In the confusion of the landing, Lt. Oscar Peatross and his 12 man squad did not receive the order to change the landing site, Because of this they landed where they originally planned, these Raiders then move inland.
With Company A leading, the Raiders advanced from the beach across the island to its north shore before attacking southwestward. Strong resistance from the Japanese garrison stalled the advance and inflicted casualties before two Banzai charges were done by the garrison, but these charges are wiped out by the Marine Raiders which killed most of the Japanese troops in the island. Lt. Peatross and his 12 men found themselves behind the Japanese garrison who were fighting the rest of the marines to the east. Taking advantage of the situation, Peatross and his squad killed eight Japanese and the garrison commander, disabled a machine gun and destroyed the garrison radios but suffered three dead and two wounded. Failing to contact their commander, they withdrew to the Submarine at dusk, as planned. 
An number of Japanese planes and 2 sea planes arrived over Makin. The flying boats carrying reinforcements for the Japanese garrison attempted to land in the lagoon but were met with machine gun, rifle and anti-tank rifle fire from the Marine Raiders Causing one plane to crash and the other burst into flames. The remaining planes attacked the Marine Raiders but failed to inflict any casualties.
===Evacuation from island===
The remaining Marine Raiders on the island tried to evacuate using 18 rubber boats but failed causing the Marine Raiders to lose most of their weapons and equipment. On 18 August 1942 Submarines and Rescue boats attempted to evacuate the Marine Raiders but were attacked by Japanese aircraft. In the final bit to evacuate from the Makin Island the Marine Raiders successfully contacted US submarines and planned an evacuation in the mouth of the Makin Lagoon, 72 Marine Raiders managed to reach the Lagoon using an improvised raft. While the raid failed to gain any prisoners or intel and caused the deaths of 27 US Marines and capture of 9 US Marines, it caused the Japanese forces to seek their attention away from the Solomon passage.Raid on Makin Island, Wikipedia
===Invasion of Butaritari===
On the eve of the invasion, garrison of Butaritari consisted of 806 men. Most were of aviation or Japanese and Korean labor units who had little or no combat training and were not assigned weapons and the number of trained combat troops on Makin was no more than 300 soldiers. The garrison also included three tanks and three anti-tank guns. The defence of Butaritari was centered around the Lagoon near the Sea plane base in the central part of the Island and a series of strong points was established along the ocean side of the island as the Japanese expected the invasion to come from there. The garrison have no Air/Naval support or hope that a reinforcements will arrive. 
on 13 November 1943 the island was bombarded by US aircraft and ships. US Troops began to land on Butaritari on 20th November knocking out the fortified strong points one by one. Despite their great superiority in manpower and weaponry, the US forces had considerable difficulty subduing the island's small defensive forceBattle of Makin, Wikipedia. On 23 November 1943 at 1030 hours the force commander reported "Makin taken".Clancey, Patrick. "American Forces in Action: The Capture of Makin (20 - 24 November 1943) [the Drive Eastward].” Hyperwar foundation, www.ibiblio.org. Accessed 20 May 2023. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-A-Makin/USA-A-Makin-5.html.
==Gallery==
File:Butaritari Misc.png|The Pier
File:Map showcase.jpeg|Frontlines: Pacific map examples guides for map buildersImage originally uploaded by Akkurat on the Roblox Developer Forums
==Trivia==
*It is the first map added to the game.
*It is also the first map to feature vehicles, specifically the M3A1 Stuart.
*On the older version of this map, the storage tanks located on C and the pier use the default Roblox rusted texture.
==Updates==
*2017
**12/11: Radio tower for Butaritari map
**12/3: Loading bay for Butaritari map
**7/3: 
***Windows can be shattered by bullets and melee weapons
***Windows in all buildings on Butaritari replaced with destructible windows
*2018
**03/07/2018: Rearranged capture points on Butaritari map
**8/30: Shortened the wharf on Butaritari so the Americans spawn closer to the beach
**9/1: Added more foliage to Butaritari map for cover
*2019
**3/28: Lowered the brightness of interior lights on Butaritari
**7/16: Updates to Butaritari map
**7/17: Updated Butaritari map moved to dev server
**7/18: fixed US spawn being out of bounds on Butaritari
**7/22: More mangroves on Butaritari
**7/23:
***Telephone lines, other details on Butaritari
***Added US spawn on Butaritari pier
**7/24: More distant trees on Butaritari
*2020
**4/18-19: Butaritari Map Changes
***Updated customization positions
***Added more foliage around spawn points
***Improved map boundaries
***Improved lighting and building colors
**4/26: On lower graphics settings, the palm trees on Butaritari will be use low poly versions
**5/6: Improved the plane wreck and fixed some terrain/plants on Butaritari
**5/23: Small changes to Butaritari
**6/25:
***Changed boundaries on Butaritari to help prevent spawnkilling
***Changed stairs on Butaritari observation post to a ladder
**11/13: Fixed plane wreck collision on Butaritari map
==References==
Category:Maps