Invasion of Lingayen Gulf

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amphibious assault military operation

The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf was a major World War II Allied amphibious assault in January 1945 that opened the way for the liberation of Luzon and the rest of the Philippines from Japanese occupation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Allied landings at Lingayen Gulf (1945) 1
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf canonical 1
Philippines campaign 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious assault ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
airSupport Allied carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
land-based aircraft from Leyte and Mindoro ⓘ
belligerent Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
codeName S-day landings on Luzon ⓘ
commander Daniel Barbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas C. Kinkaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Krueger NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1945-01-09 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ
groundForces U.S. Sixth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra 1940s ⓘ
involvedUnit 1st Cavalry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
37th Infantry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
40th Infantry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
43rd Infantry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
6th Infantry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Australian heavy cruisers ⓘ
location Lingayen Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater South West Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalSupport United States Seventh Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature heavy Japanese kamikaze attacks on Allied naval forces ⓘ
objective liberation of Luzon ⓘ
liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation ⓘ
opposingCommander Shigeru Iwasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Leyte NERFINISHED ⓘ
preInvasionBombardment Allied naval and air bombardment of Japanese defenses ⓘ
relatedEvent Japanese kamikaze campaign in the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1945-01-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance opened way for Allied advance on Manila ⓘ
secured major beachhead on Luzon ⓘ
typeOfOperation amphibious landing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Battle of Corregidor (1945) → follows → Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ⓘ
Lingayen Gulf → historicalEvent → Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied landings at Lingayen Gulf (1945)
U.S. Sixth Army → notableOperation → Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippines campaign
Lingayen → historicalEvent → Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II landings in Lingayen Gulf
Pangasinan → hasHistoricalEvent → Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Lingayen Gulf landings