Battle of Biak

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The Battle of Biak was a World War II Pacific campaign in 1944 in which U.S. forces seized the strategically vital Biak Island from Japanese control to secure airfields for operations toward the Philippines.

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Battle of Biak canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
airfieldCaptured Borokoe Airfield ⓘ
Mokmer Airfield ⓘ
Sorido Airfield ⓘ
linked to: Mokmer Airfield
alsoKnownAs Biak Island campaign ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commanderForJapan Kuzume Naoyuki ⓘ
linked to: Naoyuki Kuzume
commanderForUnitedStates Horace H. Fuller ⓘ
Robert L. Eichelberger ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy Allied operations toward the Philippines ⓘ
forcesInvolved 41st Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
Japanese 222nd Infantry Regiment ⓘ
U.S. I Corps ⓘ
front Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
JapaneseCasualties several thousand killed ⓘ
location Biak Island ⓘ
Schouten Islands ⓘ
near New Guinea ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Imperial Japanese Navy air units ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
notableFeature heavy fighting around Mokmer airfield ⓘ
use of tanks by Japanese defenders ⓘ
objective capture Biak Island ⓘ
seize airfields on Biak ⓘ
operation part of Allied advance along the New Guinea coast ⓘ
partOf New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Allied landings along the New Guinea coast ⓘ
region western New Guinea ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance denied Japan a key air base in western New Guinea ⓘ
provided airfields to support the liberation of the Philippines ⓘ
startDate 1944-05-27 ⓘ
strategicPurpose secure air bases for operations toward the Philippines ⓘ
support General Douglas MacArthur’s advance toward the Philippines ⓘ
tacticsUsedByJapan cave defenses ⓘ
defense in depth ⓘ
theater South West Pacific Area ⓘ
USCasualties over one thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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