Battle of Kwajalein

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The Battle of Kwajalein was a major World War II Pacific campaign in early 1944 in which U.S. forces captured the Japanese-held Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, marking a significant step in the island-hopping strategy toward Japan.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kwajalein canonical 18
Battle of Kwajalein vicinity 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
campaign Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
casualtiesDescription heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ
relatively lower U.S. casualties compared to Japanese ⓘ
commanderForJapan Monzo Akiyama ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Holland M. Smith ⓘ
Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States ⓘ
dateOfMainLandings 1944-01-31 ⓘ
endDate 1944-02-03 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Eniwetok ⓘ
Battle of Saipan ⓘ
forceInvolved U.S. 4th Marine Division ⓘ
linked to: 4th Marine Division

U.S. 7th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Fleet ⓘ
front Central Pacific ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
isInArchipelago Marshall Islands ⓘ
isPartOfAtoll Kwajalein Island ⓘ
linked to: Kwajalein Atoll

Roi-Namur ⓘ
location Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
objective neutralization of Japanese base in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
seizure of Japanese airfields on Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
operationName Operation Flintlock ⓘ
partOf Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-31 ⓘ
strategicOutcome U.S. capture of Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
strategicSignificance first penetration of the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
major step in U.S. island-hopping strategy toward Japan ⓘ
tacticUsed amphibious assault ⓘ
carrier-based air strikes ⓘ
pre-invasion naval bombardment ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Maryland (BB-46) → participatedIn → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
4th Marine Division → notableBattle → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Kwajalein Atoll → historicalEvent → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean → siteOf → Battle of Kwajalein vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kwajalein
4th Marine Division → battle → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
subject linked to: Fighting Fourth
Charles H. Corlett → participatedIn → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Battle of Roi-Namur → precededBy → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Battle of Roi-Namur → relatedEvent → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
7th Infantry Division → notableBattle → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
subject linked to: Bayonet Division
7th Infantry Division → WorldWarIIEngagement → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
subject linked to: Hourglass Division
Battle of Eniwetok → precededBy → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Holland McTyeire Smith → participatedIn → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Roi-Namur → historicalEvent → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Assault on Roi and Namur → partOf → Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ