Pertempuran Guam Pertama terjadi selama Perang Pasifik dalam Perang Dunia II dan terjadi pada 8 Desember 1941 di Guam, Kepulauan Mariana, antara Kekaisaran Jepang dan Amerika Serikat.
| Pertempuran Guam Pertama | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagian dari Teater Pasifik Perang Dunia II | ||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | ||||||
| Amerika Serikat | Kekaisaran Jepang | |||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | ||||||
| George J. McMillin | Tomitaro Horii | |||||
| Kekuatan | ||||||
| 547 | 5.900 |
Tentara Jepang mendarat dengan 5.500 tentara di Guam pada 10 Desember 1941. Jepang dapat memenangkan pertempuran ini.
Referensi sunting
- Tony Palomo, "The Defense of Guam" (U.S. National Park Service) Access date: June 11, 2007.
- Lodge, Major O.R. USMC Historical Monograph: The Recapture of Guam, Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps, 1954.
- Hough, Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps.
- Rottman, Gordon L.; Guam 1941 & 1944: Loss and reconquest. Osprey Campaign series #139. Osprey Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-84176-811-1
- Burton, John (2006). Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-096-X.
- resources/guam/guamroster.html Roster of Guam Personnel {NOTE: CONTENT IS COPYRIGHTED[pranala nonaktif permanen]