Battle of Nissan Island

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Nissan_Island

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Brigadier_Rowell gptkb:Captain_Saburo_Okumura gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Theodore_S._Wilkinson
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:date	February 15–18, 1944
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Green_Islands gptkb:Nissan_Island
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Nissan_Island
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Squarepeg
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Secured base for Allied air operations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Solomon_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Nissan Island