Tulagi
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Tulagi is a small island in the Solomon Islands that gained historical significance as a strategic battleground during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tulagi canonical | 19 |
| Tulagi town | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ |
| battleDate |
August 1942
ⓘ
May 1942 ⓘ |
| capitalMovedTo | Honiara ⓘ |
| capitalMovedYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| capturedBy | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| capturedDuring | Allied landings on 7–8 August 1942 ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| countryAfterIndependence | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| countryBeforeIndependence | British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ |
| currentUse |
provincial center
ⓘ
residential community ⓘ small-scale tourism destination ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf |
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
ⓘ
British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon Islands (colonial administration)
|
| governedBy |
Central Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Province government
|
| hasClimate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Age of Imperialism
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial period
World War II ⓘ |
| independenceRelatedEvent | ceased to be colonial capital before 1978 independence ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ local Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Province, Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
Florida Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Nggela (Florida) Islands group
|
| locatedInRegion |
Melanesia
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
South Pacific Ocean
|
| nearbyIsland |
Guadalcanal
ⓘ
Nggela Sule ⓘ Nggela Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Savo Island
|
| notableFor |
World War II military history
ⓘ
former colonial capital status ⓘ naval and seaplane operations in 1942 ⓘ |
| occupiedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| occupiedFrom | May 1942 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guadalcanal
ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon Islands campaign
|
| siteOf | Battle of Tulagi ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
base for reconnaissance and air operations
ⓘ
control of sea lanes around Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+11 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
naval base ⓘ seaplane base ⓘ |
| usedBy | British colonial administration ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tulagi town