Battle of the Marshall Islands

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The Battle of the Marshall Islands was a major World War II Pacific campaign in early 1944 in which U.S. forces seized key Japanese-held atolls, breaking through Japan’s outer defensive perimeter and enabling further advances toward the Western Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Operation Flintlock ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States ⓘ
commanderForJapan Monzo Akiyama ⓘ
Shigeyoshi Inoue ⓘ
Yoshimi Nishida ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
Holland M. Smith ⓘ
Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
commandStructure Fifth Fleet of the United States Navy ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Fifth Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Pacific Fleet
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence collapse of Japanese outer defensive ring in the Central Pacific ⓘ
establishment of U.S. air and naval bases in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
dateContext early 1944 ⓘ
enabledOperation strategic bombing operations deeper into Japanese-held territory ⓘ
subsequent invasions of the Mariana Islands ⓘ
endDate 1944-02-23 ⓘ
feature carrier-based air strikes ⓘ
extensive naval gunfire support ⓘ
large-scale amphibious landings ⓘ
followedBy Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
involvedAtoll Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
Majuro Atoll ⓘ
Roi-Namur ⓘ
involvedIsland Engebi Island ⓘ
Eniwetok Island ⓘ
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll

Kwajalein Island ⓘ
linked to: Kwajalein Atoll

Parry Island ⓘ
location Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ
objective breach of Japan’s outer defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific ⓘ
seizure of key Japanese-held atolls in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean theater of World War II ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
Gilbert Islands campaign ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-01-31 ⓘ
strategy bypassing heavily fortified Japanese bases ⓘ
island hopping ⓘ
theater Central Pacific Area ⓘ

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

V Amphibious Corps → notableBattle → Battle of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
USS Portland (CA-33) → participatedIn → Invasion of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands
Operation Flintlock → outcome → United States captured Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands
Battle of Eniwetok → relatedEvent → Battle of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
Battle of the Marshall Islands → alsoKnownAs → Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Marshall Islands