Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

E64630

World War II campaign military campaign

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign was a major World War II Pacific theater offensive in 1944 in which U.S. forces seized key Japanese-held islands to secure airbases for strategic bombing of Japan and support further Allied advances.

Aliases (1)

Central Pacific campaign ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → military campaign →
alliedCommander	Chester W. Nimitz → Holland M. Smith NERFINISHED → Raymond A. Spruance →
axisCommander	Chuichi Nagumo → Hideki Tojo → Sadae Inoue →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → United States →
codename	Operation Forager →
conflict	World War II →
consequence	beginning of direct strategic bombing of the Japanese home islands → establishment of B-29 bomber bases in the Marianas → isolation of Japanese garrisons in the central Pacific → support for the liberation of the Philippines →
endDate	1944-11-27 →
includesBattle	Battle of Angaur → Battle of Guam (1944) → Battle of Peleliu → Battle of Saipan → Battle of Tinian → Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED →
location	Central Pacific Ocean → Mariana Islands → Palau Islands NERFINISHED →
objective	secure airbases for strategic bombing of Japan → seize Japanese-held islands in the Marianas and Palaus → support further Allied advances toward the Philippines and Japan →
opposingForces	Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy →
partOf	Pacific War → Pacific theater of World War II →
primaryForces	United States Army → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy →
result	Allied victory → United States capture of Angaur → United States capture of Guam → United States capture of Peleliu → United States capture of Saipan → United States capture of Tinian →
startDate	1944-06-15 →
strategicSignificance	gave the United States airfields within range of Tokyo → weakened Japanese naval and air power in the central Pacific →
theater	Pacific theater →
year	1944 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
USS Anderson (DD-411) → USS Colorado (BB-45) → USS Morris (DD-417) → USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) → USS Russell (DD-414) → USS Tennessee → USS Tennessee (BB-43) →	participatedIn
Battle of Saipan → Battle of the Philippine Sea → Invasion of Guam → Invasion of Tinian →	partOf
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → Operation Hailstone →	followedBy
Pacific Ocean Areas → Pacific theater commands ("Central Pacific campaign") →	notableOperation
USS Hughes (DD-410) →	battle
Battle of Peleliu →	campaign
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 →	engagement
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas →	oversawCampaign