Battle of Bessang Pass

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Heavy on both sides
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL)
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Tomoyuki_Yamashita
Brigadier General Donald Blackburn
gptkbp:date June 1945
gptkbp:followedBy Surrender of General Yamashita
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Bessang Pass
gptkbp:location Bessang Pass, Ilocos Sur, Luzon, Philippines
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Bessang_Pass_Natural_Monument
gptkbp:notableUnit 121st Infantry Regiment (USAFIP-NL)
14th Infantry Regiment (USAFIP-NL)
15th Infantry Regiment (USAFIP-NL)
66th Infantry Regiment (USAFIP-NL)
2nd Battalion, 73rd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Philippines_campaign_(1944–1945)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Balete_Pass
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Led to the surrender of Japanese forces in Northern Luzon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theater
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6