Marianas campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Marianas campaign was a pivotal series of World War II battles in the Pacific, during which U.S. forces seized key islands like Saipan, Tinian, and Guam from Japan to enable strategic bombing of the Japanese homeland.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Marianas campaign canonical	21
Battle of the Marianas	2
Mariana Islands campaign	2
United States capture of Saipan	2
Guam Campaign	1
Invasion of the Marianas	1
U.S. invasion of Saipan	1
マリアナ沖海戦	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt	bringing Japanese home islands within range of strategic bombers ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
combatType	air warfare ⓘ amphibious warfare ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
hasPart	Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ Battle of Saipan ⓘ Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
historicalEra	World War II era ⓘ
location	Mariana Islands ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean theater of World War II Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
region	western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
result	Allied victory ⓘ Capture of Guam ⓘ surface form: United States capture of Guam Marianas campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States capture of Saipan Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: United States capture of Tinian
significance	contributed to isolation of Japan from its southern resources ⓘ pivotal turning point in the Pacific War ⓘ
startDate	1944 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	enabled B-29 Superfortress operations against Japanese home islands ⓘ provided airfields for long-range strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ weakened Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific ⓘ
strategicObjective	establish bases for strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ seizure of Guam ⓘ seizure of Saipan ⓘ seizure of Tinian ⓘ
theater	Central Pacific ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

3rd Marine Division → worldWarIIParticipation → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Philippine Sea → campaign → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Jisaburō Ozawa → battle → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marianas

Operation Forager → alsoKnownAs → Marianas campaign ⓘ

8th Marines → worldWarIICampaign → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS South Dakota (BB-57) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → result → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States capture of Saipan

The Big E → tookPartIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Enterprise (CV-6)

Invasion of Guam → isPartOf → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Invasion of Guam → campaign → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Islands campaign

Marc A. Mitscher → notableBattle → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Yokosuka D4Y → usedInBattle → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marianas

USS Minneapolis (CA-36) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS New Orleans (CA-32) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Great Marianas Turkey Shoot → relatedOperation → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. invasion of Saipan

USS Washington (BB-56) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS Louisville (CA-28) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

Marianas campaign → result → Marianas campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States capture of Saipan

USS Salt Lake City → battle → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS Langley (CVL-27) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS Cabot (CVL-28) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS North Carolina (BB-55) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS Mississippi (BB-41) → notableEngagement → Marianas campaign ⓘ

USS Alabama → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Alabama (BB-60)

USS Portland (CA-33) → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of the Marianas

USS Enterprise aircraft → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

高木武雄 → 指揮を執った戦闘 → Marianas campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: 高木武雄

this entity surface form: マリアナ沖海戦

III Amphibious Corps → notableOperation → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mariana Islands campaign

77th Infantry Division (United States) → campaign → Marianas campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Campaign

CV-9 → participatedIn → Marianas campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Essex (CV-9)

Commander, Task Force 58 → engagement → Marianas campaign ⓘ