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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Operation_Hailstone
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gptkbp:casualties
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American: light losses
Japanese: heavy losses
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Masami_Kobayashi
gptkb:Raymond_A._Spruance
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Federated_States_of_Micronesia
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gptkbp:date
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February 17–18, 1944
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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gptkb:Japanese_merchant_ships
Japanese aircraft
Japanese warships
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Chuuk_State
gptkb:Truk_Lagoon
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gptkbp:notableFor
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Wrecks now popular dive sites
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gptkbp:objective
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Neutralize Japanese base at Truk
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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:Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign
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gptkbp:result
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Decisive American victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Reduced Japanese naval power in Central Pacific
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:World_War_II_strategic_bombing_campaign
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bombing of Truk
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