Battle of Guam (1944)

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The Battle of Guam (1944) was a World War II campaign in which U.S. forces recaptured the island of Guam from Japanese control, restoring it as a key American base in the Pacific.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Guam (1944) canonical 15
Battle of Guam 3
Guam campaign (1944) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
commander Alexander A. Vandegrift ⓘ
Hideyoshi Obata ⓘ
Roy Geiger ⓘ
Takeshi Takashina ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Peleliu ⓘ
hasCasualties over 18,000 Japanese killed ⓘ
over 7,000 Americans killed or wounded ⓘ
hasCivilianImpact Chamorro population suffered displacement and casualties ⓘ
linked to: Chamorro people
hasEndDate 1944-08-10 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1944-07-21 ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Provisional Marine Brigade (United States) ⓘ
3rd Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
linked to: 3rd Marine Division

77th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
Japanese 29th Division ⓘ
Japanese 48th Independent Mixed Brigade ⓘ
isPartOfOperation Operation Forager ⓘ
location Guam ⓘ
Mariana Islands ⓘ
notableEvent Japanese counterattacks including large night assaults ⓘ
U.S. amphibious landings on Asan and Agat beaches ⓘ
mopping-up operations against remaining Japanese holdouts ⓘ
securing of Orote Peninsula ⓘ
objective capture of airfields on Guam ⓘ
establishment of logistics base for further Pacific operations ⓘ
liberation of Guam from Japanese occupation ⓘ
operationName Operation Forager ⓘ
partOf Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Saipan ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese occupation of Guam (1941–1944) ⓘ
restoredControlTo United States ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
end of Japanese occupation of Guam ⓘ
recapture of Guam by the United States ⓘ
strategicConsequence provided airfields for B-29 Superfortress operations against Japan ⓘ
restored Guam as a major American base in the western Pacific ⓘ
secured southern flank of the Mariana Islands ⓘ
tookPlaceOnIsland Guam ⓘ
typeOfWarfare amphibious assault ⓘ
jungle warfare ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Marianas campaign → hasPart → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Guam → followedBy → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Roy Geiger → battle → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
4th Marine Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Eniwetok → relatedEvent → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
III Amphibious Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
77th Infantry Division (United States) → engagement → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Roy S. Geiger → battle → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
77th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
6th Marine Division (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of Guam ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guam (1944)
Roy S. Geiger → battle → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Guam (1941) → followedBy → Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Chester Nez → participatedIn → Battle of Guam ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guam (1944)
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines → conflict → Guam campaign (1944) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guam (1944)
Agat → wasSiteOf → World War II battles on Guam ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guam (1944)
Desmond Doss → battles → Battle of Guam ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guam (1944)