Battle for Henderson Field
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The Battle for Henderson Field was a pivotal World War II land engagement on Guadalcanal in October 1942, in which U.S. forces successfully defended the strategically vital airfield against repeated Japanese attacks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle for Henderson Field canonical | 5 |
| Battle of Henderson Field | 3 |
| Battle for Henderson Field (October 23–26, 1942) | 1 |
| defense of Henderson Field | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T259107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle for Henderson Field Context triple: [Henderson Field, subjectOf, Battle for Henderson Field]
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Battle of Savo Island
The Battle of Savo Island was a major World War II night naval engagement in August 1942, in which Japanese forces inflicted a devastating defeat on Allied cruisers near Guadalcanal.
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Battle of Cape Esperance
The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.
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Battle of Tulagi
The Battle of Tulagi was a World War II engagement in August 1942, part of the Guadalcanal campaign, in which U.S. forces seized the Japanese-held island of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
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Battle of the Eastern Solomons
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was a major 1942 carrier battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought between U.S. and Japanese naval forces as part of the struggle for control of Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands.
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Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle for Henderson Field Target entity description: The Battle for Henderson Field was a pivotal World War II land engagement on Guadalcanal in October 1942, in which U.S. forces successfully defended the strategically vital airfield against repeated Japanese attacks.
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A.
Battle of Savo Island
The Battle of Savo Island was a major World War II night naval engagement in August 1942, in which Japanese forces inflicted a devastating defeat on Allied cruisers near Guadalcanal.
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B.
Battle of Cape Esperance
The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.
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C.
Battle of Tulagi
The Battle of Tulagi was a World War II engagement in August 1942, part of the Guadalcanal campaign, in which U.S. forces seized the Japanese-held island of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was a major 1942 carrier battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought between U.S. and Japanese naval forces as part of the struggle for control of Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands.
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Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| airfieldDefended | Henderson Field ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle for Henderson Field
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surface form:
Battle of Henderson Field
Third Battle of the Matanikau ⓘ |
| attackingForceStrength | approximately 6,000–7,000 Japanese attackers ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Imperial Japanese Army
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United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| casualtiesAmerican | several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ |
| casualtiesJapanese | over 2,000 killed ⓘ |
| commander |
Alexander Vandegrift
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surface form:
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Harukichi Hyakutake ⓘ Kiyotake Kawaguchi ⓘ Masaaki Suzuki ⓘ Merritt A. Edson ⓘ |
| conflict | Pacific War ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| datePrecision | day ⓘ |
| defensiveForceStrength | approximately 2,500–3,000 U.S. front-line defenders ⓘ |
| endDate | 1942-10-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| front | Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ |
| hasPart |
night attack of 23–24 October 1942
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night attack of 24–25 October 1942 ⓘ night attack of 25–26 October 1942 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| location |
Guadalcanal
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Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
close-quarters jungle fighting
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intense night infantry assaults ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
164th Infantry Regiment (US Army)
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1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
1st Marine Division
2nd Infantry Division (Japan) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Solomon Islands campaign
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surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
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| precededBy | Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Henderson Field air operations ⓘ |
| result | American victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped secure Allied control of sea lanes between the U.S. and Australia
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turning point in the land campaign on Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-10-23 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
defense of Henderson Field airstrip
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denial of Guadalcanal airfield to Japanese forces ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome |
crippled Japanese ability to reinforce Guadalcanal by day
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secured Allied control of Henderson Field ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | Japanese ground assaults repulsed ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific theater commands
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of Operations
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Subject: Battle for Henderson Field Description of subject: The Battle for Henderson Field was a pivotal World War II land engagement on Guadalcanal in October 1942, in which U.S. forces successfully defended the strategically vital airfield against repeated Japanese attacks.
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