Operation Hailstone

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Operation Hailstone was a major U.S. Navy air and surface attack in February 1944 that devastated the Japanese naval and air base at Truk Lagoon in the Pacific Theater.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Hailstone canonical 8
Attack on Truk 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation
naval air operation
alsoKnownAs Operation Hailstone
surface form: Attack on Truk
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States Navy
codeName Operation Hailstone self-link
commander Marc A. Mitscher
Raymond A. Spruance
conductedBy Carrier Strike Groups
surface form: United States Navy carrier task groups
conflict World War II
country United States of America
destroyed Japanese aircraft at Truk
Japanese merchant ships at Truk
Japanese warships at Truk
shore installations at Truk
endDate 1944-02-18
followedBy Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
force Third Fleet
surface form: Fast Carrier Task Force

U.S. Fifth Fleet
location Caroline Islands
Chuuk Lagoon
Truk Lagoon
notableFor creation of large ship graveyard at Truk Lagoon
scale of carrier air power employed
objective destroy Japanese air power at Truk
destroy Japanese shipping at Truk
neutralize Truk as a Japanese naval base
partOf Pacific theater commands
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations

Pacific War
island-hopping campaign
precededBy Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
result Truk neutralized as major Japanese forward base
decisive American victory
destruction of Japanese base at Truk Lagoon
startDate 1944-02-17
strategicEffect contributed to isolation of Rabaul
reduced Japanese ability to project naval power in Central Pacific
target Japanese Combined Fleet units at Truk
Japanese airfields at Truk
Japanese fuel and supply depots at Truk
theater Pacific Ocean
typeOfAttack carrier-based air strike
surface ship bombardment
year 1944

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World War II hasPart Operation Hailstone
Operation Hailstone codeName Operation Hailstone self-link
Operation Hailstone alsoKnownAs Operation Hailstone
this entity surface form: Attack on Truk
Chuuk Lagoon historicalEvent Operation Hailstone
Truk Lagoon event Operation Hailstone
Truk siteOf Operation Hailstone
Shinkoku Maru sunkDuring Operation Hailstone
Heian Maru sunkDuring Operation Hailstone
San Francisco Maru sunkDuring Operation Hailstone