Guadalcanal campaign

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkbp:casualties over 19,000 Japanese killed
over 7,000 Allied killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift
gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:Haruki_Isayama
gptkb:Hyakutake_Harukichi
gptkbp:endDate 9 February 1943
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:New_Georgia_campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Guadalcanal campaign
gptkbp:location gptkb:Solomon_Islands
Guadalcanal
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Red_Line_(film)
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(book)
gptkb:Victory_at_Sea_(documentary)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tenaru
gptkb:Battle_of_Tassafaronga
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Esperance
gptkb:Battle_of_Edson's_Ridge
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Watchtower
gptkb:Operation_Ke
gptkb:Cactus_Air_Force
gptkb:Tokyo_Express
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift
gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:Merritt_A._Edson
gptkb:Hyakutake_Harukichi
John Basilone
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Americal_Division
gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division
gptkb:1st_Marine_Division
gptkb:Japanese_17th_Army
gptkbp:objective control of Henderson Field
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance first major Allied offensive against Japan
turning point in Pacific War
gptkbp:startDate 7 August 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4