Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
military operation
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
establishment of airfields
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| gptkbp:beach |
landing_sites_for_U.S._troops
|
| gptkbp:casualties |
approximately 300 U.S. soldiers
approximately 3,000 Japanese soldiers |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:General_Holland_Smith
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| gptkbp:date |
July 24, 1944
|
| gptkbp:defeated |
August 1945
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| gptkbp:diameter |
39.5 square miles
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| gptkbp:duration |
4 days
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| gptkbp:economy |
agriculture before the war
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
Battle of Guam
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| gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
part_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
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| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
significant_in_the_Pacific_War
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| gptkbp:history |
previously_inhabited_by_Chamorros
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
capture of Tinian
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| gptkbp:impact |
shifted_balance_in_the_Pacific_War
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| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps fortified positions defended the island landed on the island |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Tinian_Island
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| gptkbp:mandates |
capture of strategic islands
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| gptkbp:militaryRank |
significant battles fought there.
support for future operations |
| gptkbp:navalFleet |
gptkb:U.S._Navy
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| gptkbp:operational_status |
gptkb:U.S._Army_Air_Forces
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| gptkbp:operations |
Operation Forager
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:population |
pre-war_Japanese_settlers
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| gptkbp:postWarCareer |
critical_for_air_operations_against_Japan
part_of_the_U.S._territory |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
Battle of Saipan
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| gptkbp:reign |
part_of_the_Allied_offensive
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| gptkbp:resultedIn |
U.S._control_of_Tinian
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| gptkbp:role |
launching point for atomic bomb missions
|
| gptkbp:runway_surface |
used for bombing raids
completed_by_U.S._forces |
| gptkbp:significance |
key_to_the_Mariana_Islands
strategic_airbase_for_B-29_bombers |
| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
proximity_to_Japan
central_in_the_Pacific_Ocean |
| gptkbp:tactics |
island hopping
cut_off_Japanese_supply_lines Japanese_artillery_positions establish_bases_in_the_Pacific |
| gptkbp:takes_place_in |
part of a larger campaign
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