Battle of Noemfoor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Noemfoor
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Allied: ~66 killed
Japanese: ~1,714 killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_L._Eichelberger
gptkb:Masutaro_Nakai
gptkbp:date July–August 1944
gptkbp:endDate 1944-08-31
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Sansapor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Noemfoor
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
1st Infantry Division (US)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dutch_New_Guinea
gptkb:Noemfoor_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent paratrooper landing
gptkbp:objective capture of airfields
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Cyclone
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_Guinea_campaign
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Biak
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate 1944-07-02
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_New_Guinea
gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Area
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theater
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6