United States capture of Angaur

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The United States capture of Angaur was a World War II amphibious assault in September 1944 in which American forces seized the island of Angaur from Japanese control as part of the broader campaign to secure the Palau Islands.

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United States capture of Angaur canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States of America ⓘ
campaign Palau campaign ⓘ
concurrentWith Battle of Peleliu ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledTerritoryAfter Angaur under United States control ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States of America ⓘ
date September 1944 ⓘ
followedBy Allied operations in the Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Allied island-hopping strategy in the Pacific ⓘ
hasEndTime October 1944 ⓘ
hasNature amphibious assault ⓘ
hasStartTime September 1944 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
involves amphibious landings ⓘ
ground combat ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ
location Angaur ⓘ
Caroline Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
objective seizure of Angaur from Japanese control ⓘ
opponentMilitaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
Western Pacific campaign of 1944 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Saipan ⓘ
Battle of Tinian ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Tinian
previousController Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
result American victory ⓘ
strategicObjective secure airfield sites in the Palau Islands ⓘ
support Allied advances toward the Philippines ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
typeOfWarfare amphibious warfare ⓘ
island campaign ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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Palau Islands campaign → result → United States capture of Angaur ⓘ