Battle of Guam (1944)
WWII battle in the Pacific theater between US and Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Guam (21 July–10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese from the United States in the First Battle of Guam in 1941 during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle was a critical component of Operation Forager. The recapture of Guam and the broader Mariana and Palau Islands campaign resulted in the destruction of much of Japan's naval air power and allowed the United States to establish large airbases from which it could bomb the Japanese home islands with its new strategic bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
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Part of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of the Pacific Front (World War II) | |||||||
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600+ civilians killed[11] |
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Not to be confused with the Battle of Guam (1941).