Central Pacific campaign (initial phase)

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) was a series of World War II amphibious assaults by U.S. forces to seize key Japanese-held islands in the Gilbert and Marshall archipelagos, opening a strategic route across the central Pacific.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Central Pacific campaign	3
Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
airComponent	carrier task forces of the U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commandedBy	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ Holland M. Smith ⓘ Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ
feature	assaults on heavily fortified atolls ⓘ extensive carrier-based air support ⓘ heavy use of naval gunfire support ⓘ
followedBy	Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ subsequent phases of the Central Pacific campaign ⓘ
location	Gilbert Islands ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ central Pacific ⓘ
logisticalAspect	required long over-water supply lines from Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
militaryOperationType	amphibious assault ⓘ
navalComponent	amphibious assault shipping ⓘ fast carrier task forces ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ Battle of Makin ⓘ Battle of Roi-Namur ⓘ Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
objective	open a strategic route across the central Pacific ⓘ seize Japanese-held islands in the Gilbert Islands ⓘ seize Japanese-held islands in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf	Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific campaign Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
result	United States victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated the challenges of assaulting coral atolls ⓘ marked the beginning of large-scale U.S. amphibious offensives in the Central Pacific ⓘ
startDate	1943 ⓘ
strategicGoal	advance toward the Japanese home islands via the Central Pacific ⓘ secure bases for further operations in the Pacific ⓘ
strategy	island hopping ⓘ
tactic	direct frontal amphibious landings on atolls ⓘ
theater	Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedForceType	U.S. Army Ground Forces ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army ground forces United States Marine Corps ⓘ surface form: U.S. Marine Corps United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy

Referenced by (4)

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

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → alsoKnownAs → Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) ⓘ

Manila American Cemetery → notableCampaignsCommemorated → Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Pacific campaign

Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) → partOf → Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Pacific campaign

Battle of Makin → partOf → Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Pacific campaign