Battle of Saipan

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Saipan was a pivotal 1944 Pacific campaign in World War II in which U.S. forces captured the strategically vital island of Saipan from Japan, enabling direct bombing raids on the Japanese home islands.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Saipan canonical	45
Invasion of Saipan	2
Capture of Saipan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
associatedWith	Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualtiesDescription	Heavy casualties on both American and Japanese sides ⓘ
civilianImpact	Large number of Japanese and Okinawan civilian deaths ⓘ
commander	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ Holland M. Smith ⓘ Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ Yoshitsugu Saito ⓘ
conflictIn	World War II ⓘ
endDate	1944-07-09 ⓘ
followedBy	Invasion of Guam ⓘ surface form: Battle of Guam (1944) Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian
front	Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific
islandCapturedFrom	Japanese colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
location	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Saipan ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
notableEvent	Civilian mass suicides at Marpi Point ⓘ Japanese banzai charge of 7 July 1944 ⓘ
notableUnit	27th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ 2nd Marine Division ⓘ surface form: 2nd Marine Division (United States) 4th Marine Division ⓘ surface form: 4th Marine Division (United States)
objective	Battle of Saipan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Capture of Saipan Seizure of airfields for strategic bombing ⓘ
operationName	Operation Forager ⓘ
partOf	Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
result	American victory ⓘ
significance	Turning point in the Central Pacific campaign ⓘ
startDate	1944-06-15 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	Broke Japanese defensive perimeter in Central Pacific ⓘ Contributed to fall of Tojo government in Japan ⓘ Enabled direct strategic bombing of Japanese home islands ⓘ Secured airfields for B-29 Superfortress operations ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Amphibious assault landings on western beaches ⓘ Extensive use of naval gunfire support ⓘ Use of tanks and close air support ⓘ
theater	Pacific theater commands ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
year	1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

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World War II → hasPart → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Chuichi Nagumo → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

USS California (BB-44) → participatedIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Saipan

Battle of Saipan → objective → Battle of Saipan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Saipan

USS Maryland (BB-46) → participatedIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

1st Tank Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

4th Marine Division → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

2nd Marine Division → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Saipan → siteOf → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Operation Forager → componentOperation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

27th Infantry Division (United States) → engagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

BB-44 → participatedInOperation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: USS California

this entity surface form: Invasion of Saipan

8th Marines → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

2nd Marine Tank Battalion → engagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Yoshitsugu Saito → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Holland M. Smith → participatedIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Invasion of Guam → precededBy → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Invasion of Tinian → precededBy → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Invasion of Tinian → relatedEvent → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Fighting Fourth → battle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: 4th Marine Division

Fighting Fourth → associatedBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

V Amphibious Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Battle of Kwajalein → followedBy → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Marianas campaign → hasPart → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific → notableOperation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

The Silent Second → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: 2nd Marine Division

Follow Me Division → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: 2nd Marine Division

2nd Marine Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

10th Marine Regiment → notableOperation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Mount Tapochau → wasStrategicPointIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Banzai Cliff → associatedWith → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Suicide Cliff → historicalEvent → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Navajo Code Talkers → operation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

American Memorial Park → commemorates → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

American Memorial Park → primaryTheme → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

American Memorial Park → battleCommemorated → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Empire Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: 27th Infantry Division

Major General Ralph C. Smith → participatedIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: Ralph C. Smith

2nd Battalion, 8th Marines → engagedIn → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

1st Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

3rd Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

2nd Battalion, 6th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Howlin’ Mad → notableBattle → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

subject surface form: Holland M. Smith

Commander, V Amphibious Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Saipan ⓘ

Battle of Eniwetok → relatedEvent → Battle of Saipan ⓘ