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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_forces
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gptkbp:endDate
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1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Rabaul
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Allied bombing of Rabaul
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:New_Britain
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Rabaul
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:F4U_Corsair
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:A-20_Havoc
gptkb:SBD_Dauntless
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:P-38_Lightning
gptkb:B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:TBF_Avenger
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:George_Kenney
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Operation_Cartwheel
Carrier air raids on Rabaul
Heavy bomber raids
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gptkbp:objective
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neutralize Japanese base at Rabaul
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Rabaul_(1942)
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
isolation of Rabaul
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gptkbp:significance
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enabled Allied advances in the Pacific
reduced Japanese air and naval power in the region
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gptkbp:startDate
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1942
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:Simpson_Harbour
Japanese shipping
Japanese airfields
Japanese fortifications
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Rabaul
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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