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- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign abstract "The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Operation Forager, was an offensive launched by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November, 1944 during the Pacific War. The United States offensive, under the overall command of Chester Nimitz, followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Japanese bases in the central Pacific, support the Allied drive to retake the Philippines, and provide bases for a strategic bombing campaign against Japan.Beginning the offensive, United States Marine Corps and United States Army forces, with support from the United States Navy, executed landings on Saipan in June, 1944. In response, the Imperial Japanese Navy's combined fleet sortied to attack the U.S. Navy fleet supporting the landings. In the resulting aircraft carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea (the so-called “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”) on 19–20 June, the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated with heavy and irreplaceable losses to their carrier-borne and land-based aircraft.Thereafter, U.S. forces executed landings on Guam and Tinian in July, 1944. After heavy fighting, Saipan was secured in July and Guam and Tinian in August, 1944. The U.S. then constructed airfields on Saipan and Tinian where B-29s were based to conduct strategic bombing missions against the Japanese mainland until the end of World War II, including the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.In the meantime, in order to secure the flank for U.S. forces preparing to attack Japanese forces in the Philippines, in September, 1944, U.S. Marine and Army forces landed on the islands of Peleliu and Angaur in Palau. After heavy and intense combat on Peleliu, the island was finally secured by U.S. forces in November, 1944.Following their landings in the Mariana and Palau Islands, Allied forces continued their ultimately successful campaign against Japan by landing in the Philippines in October, 1944 and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands beginning in January, 1945.".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign causalties "9,500 killed".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign combatant "Empire of Japan".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Ch%C5%ABichi_Nagumo.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Chester_W._Nimitz.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Harry_Schmidt_(USMC).
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Hideyoshi_Obata.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Holland_Smith.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Jisabur%C5%8D_Ozawa.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Kakuji_Kakuta.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Kiyochi_Ogata.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Kunio_Nakagawa.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Paul_J._Mueller.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Raymond_A._Spruance.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Richmond_K._Turner.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Roy_Geiger.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Sadae_Inoue.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Takeshi_Takashina.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander William_H._Rupertus.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander Yoshitsugu_Sait%C5%8D.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign isPartOfMilitaryConflict Pacific_War.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign place Mariana_Islands.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign place Pacific_Ocean.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign place Palau.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign result "U.S. victory".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign thumbnail Water_Buffalo_loaded_with_Marines.jpg?width=300.
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- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign wikiPageID "229865".
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- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign caption "A U.S. amphibious tractor loaded with Marines approaches Tinian during the U.S. landings on that island".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign casualties "63000".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign casualties "9500".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign combatant "Empire of Japan".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Chester Nimitz".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Chuichi Nagumo".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Harry Schmidt".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Hideyoshi Obata".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Holland Smith".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Jisaburo Ozawa".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Kakuji Kakuta".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Kiyochi Ogata".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Kunio Nakagawa".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Paul J. Mueller".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Raymond A. Spruance".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Richmond K. Turner".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Roy Geiger".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Sadae Inoue".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Takeshi Takashina".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "William H. Rupertus".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign commander "Yoshitsugu Saito".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign conflict "Mariana and Palau Islands campaign".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign date "June – November, 1944".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign hasPhotoCollection Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign partof "the Pacific Theater of World War II".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign place "Mariana and Palau Islands, Pacific Ocean".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign result "U.S. victory".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign wordnet_type synset-war-noun-1.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:Battles_and_operations_of_World_War_II_involving_Japan.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:Campaigns_of_World_War_II.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:Conflicts_in_1944.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:History_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:United_States_Marine_Corps_in_World_War_II.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign subject Category:Wars_involving_Palau.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type Event.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type MilitaryConflict.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type SocietalEvent.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type Event.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type ConflictEvent.
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- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type Event.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign type Thing.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign comment "The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Operation Forager, was an offensive launched by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November, 1944 during the Pacific War.".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Campagna delle Isole Marianne e Palau".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Campanha nas Ilhas Mariana e Palau".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Mariana and Palau Islands campaign".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Operación Forager".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Opération Forager".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Schlacht um die Marianen-Inseln".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Walki o archipelag Marianów".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "Марианско-палауская операция".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "マリアナ・パラオ諸島の戦い".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign label "馬里亞納群島及帛琉戰事".
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Operace_Forager.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Schlacht_um_die_Marianen-Inseln.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Operación_Forager.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Opération_Forager.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Kampanye_militer_Mariana_dan_Kepulauan_Palau.
- Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign sameAs Campagna_delle_Isole_Marianne_e_Palau.