Though Nauru is small — only a few kilometers across — the invading army quickly turned it into a dense network of defences. On hills and cliffs such as Command Ridge, anti-aircraft guns and concrete bunkers were constructed to guard against air or sea attacks.
In the island’s interior jungle and near its coast are old prison-cells, war-prisons, and hidden tunnels — meant originally to control locals and detain prisoners.
On the shore and shallow sea around Nauru, wrecks of war — sunken ships, half-buried plane or tank remains — still lie under coral and salt water.
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