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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:casualties
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Japan: ~29,000 killed, ~921 prisoners
United States: ~3,426 killed, ~10,364 wounded
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Yoshitsugu_Saito
gptkb:Holland_Smith
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gptkbp:endDate
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1944-07-09
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Saipan
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Northern_Mariana_Islands
gptkb:Saipan
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gptkbp:mediaType
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gptkb:Saipan_(film)
gptkb:Flags_of_Our_Fathers_(book)
gptkb:The_Pacific_(miniseries)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Largest banzai charge of the Pacific War
Mass civilian suicides
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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Smedley Butler (not present, but referenced in context of USMC history)
Chester W. Nimitz (overall Pacific commander)
Raymond A. Spruance (Fifth Fleet commander)
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (Japanese naval commander, died at Saipan)
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Mount_Tapochau
gptkb:Banzai_Cliff
gptkb:Garapan
gptkb:Suicide_Cliff
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:27th_Infantry_Division_(US)
gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division_(US)
gptkb:43rd_Division_(Japan)
gptkb:47th_Independent_Mixed_Brigade_(Japan)
gptkb:4th_Marine_Division_(US)
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Forager
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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_Biak
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Mariana_Islands_campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Peleliu
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Allowed US to build airfields for B-29 bombers
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gptkbp:startDate
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1944-06-15
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gptkbp:strategicImportance
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Brought Japanese home islands within range of US bombers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Fleet_Admiral_Richmond_K._Turner
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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