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.

Aliases (2)

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	Empire of Japan → 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	Battle of Guam (1944) → Battle of Tinian →
front	Central Pacific →
islandCapturedFrom	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 (United States) → 4th Marine Division (United States) →
objective	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 of Operations →
year	1944 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Marine Division → 4th Marine Division → 8th Marines → Chuichi Nagumo → Yoshitsugu Saito →	notableBattle
Holland M. Smith → USS California (BB-44) ("Invasion of Saipan") → USS Maryland (BB-46) →	participatedIn
27th Infantry Division (United States) → 2nd Marine Tank Battalion →	engagement
1st Tank Battalion → 6th Marines →	notableEngagement
Operation Forager →	componentOperation
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
World War II →	hasPart
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign →	includesBattle
Battle of Saipan ("Capture of Saipan") →	objective
USS California ("Invasion of Saipan") →	participatedInOperation
Saipan →	siteOf