Battle of Guam

The Battle of Guam was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, an American territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese 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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1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Second Battle of Guam
battle, United States, 

SMS Cormoran, USS Force, 

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Location: 13.4028, 144.6631, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944-08-10T00:00:00Z

1944-08-10T00:00:00Z

1944 Battle of Guam

1898-06-20T00:00:00Z

1898-06-21T00:00:00Z

1898 Capture of Guam

1917-04-07T00:00:00Z

1917-04-07T00:00:00Z

1917 Scuttling of SMS Cormoran

1941-12-08T00:00:00Z

1941-12-10T00:00:00Z

1941 Battle of Guam

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Frameless

Official Portrait of Colonel Archie E. O'Neil, USMC

Japanese 47mm gun, captured east of Tumon Bay - Guam

Agat Bay during 1944 Battle of Guam

105-mm-howitzer-12th-marines-guam

Agat 1944

155-mm-long-tom-guns-7th-battalion-guam

Japanese 75mm AA Battery - Guam

Marines in ruins of Guam town, 1944

Marines under cover of a wall near a Guam cemetery, 1944

Japanese ready ammunition storage - Guam

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1898	Capture of Guam	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Scuttling of SMS Cormoran	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Battle of Guam	United States, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Guam	United States, battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Ha-62-76	midget submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Force	minesweeper, Aggressive-class minesweeper	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nuestra Señora de la Soledad	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort San Jose	architectural landmark, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Santa Agueda	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Santo Angel	architectural landmark, fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	War in the Pacific National Historical Park	National Historical Park, military museum, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Cormoran	passenger vessel, armed merchantman, shipwreck, merchant raider, archaeological site, cargo ship	Wikidata
commons	image		Official Portrait of Colonel Archie E. O'Neil, USMC		Commons
commons	image		Japanese 47mm gun, captured east of Tumon Bay - Guam		Commons
commons	image		Agat Bay during 1944 Battle of Guam		Commons
commons	image		105-mm-howitzer-12th-marines-guam		Commons
commons	image		Agat 1944		Commons
commons	image		155-mm-long-tom-guns-7th-battalion-guam		Commons
commons	image		Japanese 75mm AA Battery - Guam		Commons
commons	image		Marines in ruins of Guam town, 1944		Commons
commons	image		Marines under cover of a wall near a Guam cemetery, 1944		Commons
commons	image		Japanese ready ammunition storage - Guam		Commons