| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:military_operation 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | United States: ~3,426 killed, ~10,364 wounded Japan: ~29,000 killed
 
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                                | gptkbp:civilianCasualties | thousands 
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                                | gptkbp:combatant | gptkb:Empire_of_Japan gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:commander | gptkb:Yoshitsugu_Saito gptkb:Holland_Smith
 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1944-07-09 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Guam_(1944) 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Northern_Mariana_Islands gptkb:Saipan
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryBranch | gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division_(United_States) gptkb:27th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
 gptkb:4th_Marine_Division_(United_States)
 gptkb:43rd_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)
 47th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | Banzai charge civilian suicides
 
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                                | gptkbp:objective | Capture of Saipan 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
 gptkb:Pacific_War
 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Biak 
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                                | gptkbp:result | American victory 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | Allowed US to build airfields for B-29 bombers Led to resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1944-06-15 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Invasions_of_World_War_II gptkb:APA-14
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Invasion of Saipan 
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