- Kurbash, also
known as
Kourbash or
Kurbaj (Arabic: كُرْبَاجْ, romanized: kurbāj, from Turkish: kırbaç, "a whip" ), is a whip or
strap about a yard (91...
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operations across the
Central Pacific.
Operation Galvanic and
Operation Kourbash were the code
names for the
Gilberts campaign (in
modern Kiribati) that...
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accommodate more. For example,
during her only
combat deployment,
Operation Kourbash, she
carried 11 FM-1 and five F4F-4 fighters, as well as nine TBM-1 and...
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Infantry Division's role in "Galvanic" (the Army
portion was
codenamed "
Kourbash")
began in
early August 1943, with
Nauru Island in the
western Gilberts...
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those opposed to the
Egyptian state were
flogged with a whip
known as the
kourbash made of
buffalo hide. The
Europeans whom the
Egyptians had
hired to work...
- (Operation Galvanic), the Army was
tasked with
capturing Makin Atoll (Operation
Kourbash) approx. 120
statute miles to the north. The
corps commander,
Marine Corps...
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ships and
troops of
Operations Galvanic (landings on
Tarawa Atoll) and
Kourbash (landings on
Makin Atoll) were
under direct operational command of Rear...
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ships and
troops of
Operations Galvanic (landings on
Tarawa Atoll) and
Kourbash (landings on
Makin Atoll) were
under direct operational command of Rear...
