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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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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:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:Raymond_A._Spruance
gptkb:Tadamichi_Kuribayashi
gptkb:Holland_Smith
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gptkbp:endDate
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August 1945
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Philippines_campaign_(1944–1945)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Central Pacific campaign
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Central_Pacific_Ocean
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Guam_(1944)
gptkb:Battle_of_Kwajalein
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Peleliu
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
Battle of Iwo Jima
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gptkbp:objective
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island hopping
capture of strategic islands
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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:Guadalcanal_campaign
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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enabled direct attacks on Japanese home islands
established airfields for B-29 bombers
weakened Japanese defensive perimeter
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gptkbp:startDate
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November 1943
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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