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gptkbp:instanceOf
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battle
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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gptkb:Turning_point_in_the_Pacific_War
Influence on post-war geopolitics
Development of amphibious warfare tactics
Impact on naval warfare
Role in the defeat of Axis powers
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Southwest Pacific theater
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gptkbp:involvedCountries
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:keyIssues
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of New Guinea
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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gptkb:Island_hopping_campaign
Operation Forager
Operation Downfall
Operation Cartwheel
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gptkbp:notableFigures
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gptkb:General_Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkb:General_Douglas_MacArthur
gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:General_George_C._Kenney
gptkb:Admiral_William_Halsey_Jr.
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gptkbp:outcome
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gptkb:Post-war_reconstruction_of_Japan
Allied_victory
End_of_Japanese_expansion
Establishment_of_U.S._military_bases_in_the_region
Strengthening_of_U.S.-Australia_relations
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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gptkb:Liberation_of_the_Philippines
gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Japan
gptkb:Japanese_surrender_in_1945
Establishment_of_the_ANZUS_treaty
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gptkbp:strategicGoals
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Control of supply routes
Protection of Australia
Base_for_operations_against_Japan
Countering_Japanese_expansion
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