Assault on Roi and Namur

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Assault on Roi and Namur was a World War II Pacific Theater battle in early 1944 in which U.S. forces captured the Japanese-held twin islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.

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instanceOf World War II battle
military operation
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States Armed Forces
casualties heavy Japanese casualties
light American casualties relative to defenders
codeName Roi-Namur operation
commandedBy Harry W. Hill
Holland M. Smith
Richmond K. Turner
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States
date 1944-02-01
1944-02-02
defendedBy Japanese garrison on Namur
Japanese garrison on Roi
followedBy Battle of Eniwetok
front Central Pacific
involvedUnit 14th Marines
22nd Marines
24th Marines
4th Marine Division
US Navy carrier task forces
isPartOfAtoll Kwajalein Atoll campaign
location Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Roi-Namur
objective capture of Namur Island
capture of Roi Island
operationType amphibious assault
partOf Battle of Kwajalein
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Pacific War
precededBy Battle of Tarawa
relatedTo Operation Flintlock
result American victory
strategicImportance provided airfields for further Central Pacific operations
secured northern part of Kwajalein Atoll
supportedBy artillery bombardment
carrier-based air strikes
naval gunfire
tactics amphibious landings on multiple beaches
close air support
pre-invasion bombardment
theater Pacific Theater of Operations

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Battle of Roi-Namur alsoKnownAs Assault on Roi and Namur