Operation Forager, 1944

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Name (Latin)
Operation Forager, 1944
Other forms of name
Forager, Operation, 1944
See Also From tracing topical name
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Mariana Islands
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q696168
Library of congress: sh2005005958
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Records of the Naval Operating Forces: First Carrier Task Force, Administrative, Historical and Operational Records, 1944-1945(Operation Forager; capture of the Marianas Islands, June to August, 1944)
  • Adkins, P. Codeword Dict., 1997(Forager; U.S. invasion of the Marianas Islands (Guam, Saipan, and Tinian) to secure bases for B-29 attacks on the Japanese home islands; amphibious assault on Saipan started June 15, 1944; liberation of Guam was achieved July 21, 1944)
  • Chant, C. Encyclopedia of codenames of World War II, 1986(Forager; U.S. campaign, June 15 to August 10, 1944, to take the Marianas Islands for bases for B-29 bomber attacks on Japan)