Battle of Wake Island

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The Battle of Wake Island was a World War II Pacific campaign in December 1941 in which U.S. Marines and civilian defenders mounted a fierce but ultimately unsuccessful defense against Japanese invasion forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aftermath Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
aircraftUsedByDefenders Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
airUnitInvolved VMF-211 ⓘ
attacker Imperial Japanese Army landing forces ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States civilian contractors ⓘ
casualties heavy Japanese casualties in ships and aircraft ⓘ
heavy U.S. casualties ⓘ
commander James P. S. Devereux ⓘ
Sadamichi Kajioka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shigematsu Sakaibara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winfield S. Cunningham ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
defender United States Army Air Forces personnel ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy personnel ⓘ
civilian construction workers ⓘ
defensiveForceStrength approximately 449 Marines ⓘ
approximately 5 Army Air Forces personnel ⓘ
approximately 68 Navy personnel ⓘ
over 1,000 civilian workers ⓘ
endDate 1941-12-23 ⓘ
hasPart First Japanese landing attempt on Wake Island ⓘ
Second Japanese landing and capture of Wake Island ⓘ
location Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Wake Island ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Wake Island garrison ⓘ
repulse of initial Japanese landing attempt ⓘ
sinking of Japanese destroyer Hayate ⓘ
sinking of Japanese destroyer Kisaragi ⓘ
notableFor early U.S. Marine Corps action in World War II Pacific theater ⓘ
fierce defense by outnumbered U.S. forces ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
precededBy Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
relatedTo Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
strategicSignificance air and naval base site ⓘ
forward U.S. outpost in the central Pacific ⓘ

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World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Yubari → battle → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean → siteOf → Battle of Wake Island vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Wake Island
Wake Island → notableEvent → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Wake Island → followed → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Wake Island → relatedTo → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Declaration of war on Japan → relatedEvent → Japanese attack on Wake Island ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Guam (1941) → relatedEvent → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
VMF-211 → engagement → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Winfield S. Cunningham → battle → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
James P. S. Devereux → notableEvent → Battle of Wake Island ⓘ