Battle of Guam

When

10 Aug 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

13.40° N, 144.66° E

Description

1944 World War II battle

War

World War II

WWII battle in the Pacific theater between US and Japan

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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Guam (1944)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Guam beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire américaine à la bataille de Guam”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米軍がグアム島に上陸し、グアムの戦いが始まる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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