Occupation of the Mariana Islands (liberation, 1944)
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_States |
gptkbp:commanded |
gptkb:Roy_Geiger
gptkb:Takeshi_Takashina gptkb:Yoshitsugu_Saito gptkb:Holland_Smith |
gptkbp:endDate |
August 1944
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Occupation of the Mariana Islands (liberation, 1944)
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gptkbp:includes |
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam_(1944)
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Mariana_Islands
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War |
gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance |
Enabled US air raids on Japanese home islands
Strategic base for B-29 bombers |
gptkbp:startDate |
June 1944
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_(until_1945)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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