Battle of Makin

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The Battle of Makin was a World War II amphibious assault in November 1943 in which U.S. forces captured Makin Atoll from the Japanese as part of the Central Pacific campaign.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Makin canonical 7
Battle of Makin Atoll 1
Invasion of Makin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Invasion of Makin ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Makin

Operation Galvanic – Makin phase ⓘ
linked to: Operation Galvanic
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses Japan suffered over 300 killed ⓘ
United States suffered several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ
combatant 165th Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
27th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
2nd Marine Raider Battalion (United States) ⓘ
Japanese 3rd Special Base Force ⓘ
U.S. V Amphibious Corps ⓘ
linked to: V Amphibious Corps
commander Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
Keiji Shibuya ⓘ
Ralph C. Smith ⓘ
Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
endDate 1943-11-24 ⓘ
hasPart landings on Butaritari Island ⓘ
isInTheChronologyOf Pacific War ⓘ
location Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Makin Atoll ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
navalEngagement sinking of USS Liscome Bay ⓘ
notableFor coordination difficulties between U.S. Army and Navy forces ⓘ
loss of escort carrier USS Liscome Bay to a Japanese submarine ⓘ
objective capture Makin Atoll ⓘ
operationName Operation Galvanic ⓘ
partOf Central Pacific campaign ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy Makin Raid (1942) ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
shipSunk USS Liscome Bay ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved battleship ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
escort carrier ⓘ
transport ship ⓘ
startDate 1943-11-20 ⓘ
strategicPurpose secure airfields for operations against the Marshall Islands ⓘ
tacticalType amphibious assault ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Operation Galvanic → hasPart → Battle of Makin ⓘ
Gilbert Islands → notableBattle → Battle of Makin ⓘ
Butaritari → historicalEvent → Battle of Makin Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Makin
Makin Island raid → followedBy → Battle of Makin ⓘ
Battle of Abemama → precededBy → Battle of Makin ⓘ
Makin Atoll → historicalEvent → Battle of Makin ⓘ
Battle of Makin → alsoKnownAs → Invasion of Makin ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Makin
USS Liscome Bay → participatedIn → Invasion of Makin Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Makin