Battle of the Marshall Islands

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The Battle of the Marshall Islands was a major World War II Pacific campaign in early 1944 in which U.S. forces seized key Japanese-held atolls, breaking through Japan’s outer defensive perimeter and enabling further advances toward the Western Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
alsoKnownAs Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Marshall Islands campaign
Operation Flintlock
belligerent Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan

United States
commanderForJapan Monzo Akiyama
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Yoshimi Nishida
commanderForUnitedStates Charles H. Corlett
Chester W. Nimitz
Holland M. Smith
Raymond A. Spruance
Richmond K. Turner
commandStructure Fifth Fleet of the United States Navy
linked to: U.S. Fifth Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet
linked to: U.S. Pacific Fleet
conflict World War II
consequence collapse of Japanese outer defensive ring in the Central Pacific
establishment of U.S. air and naval bases in the Marshall Islands
dateContext early 1944
enabledOperation strategic bombing operations deeper into Japanese-held territory
subsequent invasions of the Mariana Islands
endDate 1944-02-23
feature carrier-based air strikes
extensive naval gunfire support
large-scale amphibious landings
followedBy Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
involvedAtoll Eniwetok Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll
Majuro Atoll
Roi-Namur
involvedIsland Engebi Island
Eniwetok Island
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll

Kwajalein Island
linked to: Kwajalein Atoll

Parry Island
location Central Pacific Ocean
Marshall Islands
objective breach of Japan’s outer defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific
seizure of key Japanese-held atolls in the Marshall Islands
partOf Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
Pacific War
precededBy Battle of Tarawa
Gilbert Islands campaign
result United States victory
startDate 1944-01-31
strategy bypassing heavily fortified Japanese bases
island hopping
theater Central Pacific Area

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V Amphibious Corps notableBattle Battle of the Marshall Islands
USS Portland (CA-33) participatedIn Invasion of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands
Operation Flintlock outcome United States captured Kwajalein Atoll
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands
Battle of Eniwetok relatedEvent Battle of the Marshall Islands
Battle of the Marshall Islands alsoKnownAs Marshall Islands campaign
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands