Marianas Islands campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Marianas_Islands_campaign

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	over 5,000 American killed over 60,000 Japanese killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Empire_of_Japan gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Roy_Geiger gptkb:Takeshi_Takashina gptkb:Yoshitsugu_Saito gptkb:Holland_Smith
gptkbp:endDate	August 10, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Philippines_campaign_(1944–1945)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Marianas Islands campaign
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Battle_of_Guam_(1944) gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Mariana_Islands gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:notableEvent	first use of Banzai charges by Japanese forces mass civilian suicides on Saipan
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign
gptkbp:purpose	secure airfields for B-29 bombers
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	enabled strategic bombing of Japan
gptkbp:startDate	June 15, 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5