Battle of Cape Gloucester

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Cape_Gloucester
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Japan: ~2,000 killed
United States: ~310 killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Iwao_Matsuda
gptkb:William_H._Rupertus
gptkbp:country gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:endDate 16 January 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Cape Gloucester
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Britain
gptkb:Cape_Gloucester
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:17th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)
gptkb:1st_Marine_Division
gptkbp:objective capture of Japanese airfields
control of western New Britain
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Dexterity
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:New_Britain_campaign
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate 26 December 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_New_Guinea
gptkb:Operation_Cartwheel
gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Area
gptkb:Admiral_William_F._Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theater
gptkb:Andrew_G._Haldane
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6