Assault on Roi and Namur

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Assault on Roi and Namur was a World War II Pacific Theater battle in early 1944 in which U.S. forces captured the Japanese-held twin islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.

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Assault on Roi and Namur canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
casualties heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ
light American casualties relative to defenders ⓘ
codeName Roi-Namur operation ⓘ
commandedBy Harry W. Hill ⓘ
Holland M. Smith ⓘ
Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
date 1944-02-01 ⓘ
1944-02-02 ⓘ
defendedBy Japanese garrison on Namur ⓘ
Japanese garrison on Roi ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Eniwetok ⓘ
front Central Pacific ⓘ
involvedUnit 14th Marines ⓘ
22nd Marines ⓘ
24th Marines ⓘ
4th Marine Division ⓘ
US Navy carrier task forces ⓘ
isPartOfAtoll Kwajalein Atoll campaign ⓘ
location Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ
Roi-Namur ⓘ
objective capture of Namur Island ⓘ
capture of Roi Island ⓘ
operationType amphibious assault ⓘ
partOf Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
relatedTo Operation Flintlock ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
strategicImportance provided airfields for further Central Pacific operations ⓘ
secured northern part of Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
supportedBy artillery bombardment ⓘ
carrier-based air strikes ⓘ
naval gunfire ⓘ
tactics amphibious landings on multiple beaches ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
pre-invasion bombardment ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Battle of Roi-Namur → alsoKnownAs → Assault on Roi and Namur ⓘ