Raid at Cabanatuan

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Raid at Cabanatuan was a World War II rescue mission in the Philippines in which U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas freed hundreds of Allied prisoners of war from a Japanese camp.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Raid at Cabanatuan canonical 12
Cabanatuan Raid 2
Cabanatuan POW rescue 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
rescue mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cabanatuan Raid ⓘ
linked to: Raid at Cabanatuan

The Great Raid ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Philippine guerrillas ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
casualtiesAllied very light ⓘ
casualtiesJapanese heavy ⓘ
commander Eduardo Joson ⓘ
Henry Mucci ⓘ
Juan Pajota ⓘ
Robert Prince ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1945-01-30 ⓘ
depictedIn film "The Great Raid" (2005) ⓘ
linked to: The Great Raid
genre military history event ⓘ
hasLanguage English name ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most successful POW rescue missions of World War II ⓘ
location Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines ⓘ
Luzon, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Luzon
notableFor coordination between U.S. forces and Filipino guerrillas ⓘ
long-distance infiltration behind Japanese lines ⓘ
low number of Allied casualties ⓘ
numberOfRescuers approximately 120 U.S. Army Rangers ⓘ
approximately 200 Filipino guerrillas ⓘ
objective free POWs from Cabanatuan prison camp ⓘ
rescue Allied prisoners of war ⓘ
opponent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
plannedBy 6th Ranger Battalion staff ⓘ
precededBy U.S. landings on Luzon in January 1945 ⓘ
prisonersRescued over 500 Allied prisoners of war ⓘ
primarily American POWs ⓘ
reason rescue survivors of the Bataan Death March ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
successful rescue of prisoners ⓘ
supportedBy Filipino resistance movement ⓘ
target Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ
linked to: Cabanatuan POW camp
timeOfDay night ⓘ
unitInvolved 6th Ranger Battalion (United States) ⓘ
Alamo Scouts ⓘ
Filipino guerrillas ⓘ
year 1945 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

The Great Raid → mainSubject → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Ghost Soldiers → mainSubject → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Cabanatuan POW camp → notableFor → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Cabanatuan POW camp → siteOf → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Raid at Cabanatuan → alsoKnownAs → Cabanatuan Raid ⓘ
linked to: Raid at Cabanatuan
Alamo Scouts → notableOperation → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Alamo Scouts → notableOperation → Cabanatuan POW rescue ⓘ
linked to: Raid at Cabanatuan
The Great Raid (film score) → subject → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Pangatian Memorial → relatedTo → Cabanatuan Raid ⓘ
linked to: Raid at Cabanatuan
Robert Prince → notableWork → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Robert Prince → participatedIn → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Juan Pajota → participatedIn → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ
Henry Mucci → notableWork → Raid at Cabanatuan ⓘ