The Battle for Guadalcanal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Battle_for_Guadalcanal
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties high
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Imperial_Japan
gptkbp:endDate 1943-02-09
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:New_Georgia_campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Battle for Guadalcanal
gptkbp:location gptkb:Solomon_Islands
Guadalcanal
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:The_Thin_Red_Line_(novel)
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Red_Line_(film)
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(book)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift
gptkb:Harukichi_Hyakutake
gptkb:Richmond_K._Turner
gptkb:Isoroku_Yamamoto
Noboru Ishizaki
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Henderson_Field
gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Edson's_Ridge
gptkbp:notableFeature naval battles
jungle warfare
air battles
disease and malnutrition
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Americal_Division
gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division
gptkb:1st_Marine_Division
17th Army (Japan)
8th Fleet (Japan)
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 Turning point in Pacific War
gptkbp:startDate 1942-08-07
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samuel_B._Griffith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6