Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tenaru
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gptkbp:casualties |
Japanese: over 800 killed
US: 44 killed |
gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_States |
gptkbp:commander |
Colonel Clifton B. Cates
Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki |
gptkbp:conflict |
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:crosses |
Ilu River (misnamed Alligator Creek)
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gptkbp:date |
21 August 1942
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gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_Edson's_Ridge
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Alligator Creek
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Guadalcanal,_Solomon_Islands
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gptkbp:notableUnit |
gptkb:US_1st_Marine_Division
Ichiki Detachment |
gptkbp:objective |
Japanese attempt to recapture Henderson Field
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
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gptkbp:precededBy |
Landing on Guadalcanal
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gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance |
First major Japanese land defeat in the Pacific War
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tenaru
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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