Green Islands

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Green Islands is a small island group in Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Region of Bougainville, notable as a World War II military operations site in the Pacific.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Green Islands canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical location ⓘ
island group ⓘ
administrativeStatus part of Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
archipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Nissan Island ⓘ
hasPart Barahun Island ⓘ
Hon Island ⓘ
Nissan Island ⓘ
Pinipel Island ⓘ
Sirot Island ⓘ
laterControlledBy Allied forces ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near Bougainville Island ⓘ
New Ireland ⓘ
notableFor World War II history ⓘ
military airfields during World War II ⓘ
operation Allied seizure of Green Islands in 1944 ⓘ
partOf Bougainville Province ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
siteOf Allied amphibious landings ⓘ
Japanese military installations ⓘ
sovereignState Papua New Guinea ⓘ
strategicRole base for operations against Rabaul ⓘ
theaterOfWar Pacific War ⓘ
usedAs World War II military operations site ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Operation Goodtime → location → Green Islands ⓘ
Northern Solomons campaign → location → Green Islands ⓘ
Green Islands operation → location → Green Islands ⓘ
Nissan Island → alsoKnownAs → Green Islands ⓘ
Northern Solomons → notableLocation → Green Islands ⓘ