| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:military_operation 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | over 19,000 Japanese killed over 7,000 Allied killed
 
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                                | gptkbp:combatant | gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_forces
 
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                                | gptkbp:commander | gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
 gptkb:Haruki_Isayama
 gptkb:Hyakutake_Harukichi
 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 9 February 1943 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:New_Georgia_campaign 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Solomon_Islands Guadalcanal
 
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                                | gptkbp:mediaType | gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(film) gptkb:The_Thin_Red_Line_(film)
 gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(book)
 gptkb:Victory_at_Sea_(documentary)
 
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                                | 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
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Operation_Watchtower gptkb:Operation_Ke
 gptkb:Cactus_Air_Force
 gptkb:Tokyo_Express
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePerson | gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
 gptkb:Merritt_A._Edson
 gptkb:Hyakutake_Harukichi
 John Basilone
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableUnit | gptkb:Americal_Division gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division
 gptkb:1st_Marine_Division
 gptkb:Japanese_17th_Army
 
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                                | gptkbp:objective | control of Henderson Field 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_War
 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea 
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                                | gptkbp:result | Allied victory 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | first major Allied offensive against Japan turning point in Pacific War
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 7 August 1942 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands gptkb:Central_Pacific_campaign
 gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Solomon_Islands
 gptkb:Operation_Cartwheel
 gptkb:Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign
 gptkb:New_Georgia_campaign
 gptkb:Amphibious_Force,_South_Pacific_Force
 gptkb:Operation_Ke
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Guadalcanal campaign 
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