Battle of the Tenaru

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World War II battle battle military engagement

The Battle of the Tenaru was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault near Henderson Field, marking a crucial defensive victory in the Pacific Theater.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Tenaru canonical	9
Battle of the Ilu River	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Ilu River
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
campaignObjectiveContext	protection of Allied supply and communication lines to Australia and New Zealand ⓘ
casualties	heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ light to moderate American casualties ⓘ
commander	Alexander Vandegrift ⓘ surface form: Alexander A. Vandegrift Kiyonao Ichiki ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1942-08-21 ⓘ
endDate	1942-08-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
front	South Pacific ⓘ
historicalImportance	boosted American morale early in the Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ demonstrated vulnerability of Japanese infantry tactics against prepared defenses ⓘ
location	Guadalcanal ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
near	Henderson Field ⓘ
objective	defense of Henderson Field ⓘ
partOf	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
precededBy	American landings on Guadalcanal ⓘ
primaryTacticUsedByAmericans	defensive perimeter with interlocking fields of fire ⓘ
primaryTacticUsedByJapanese	frontal human-wave assault ⓘ
result	American victory ⓘ
river	Ilu River ⓘ
startDate	1942-08-21 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	first major Japanese ground assault repulsed on Guadalcanal ⓘ secured the American beachhead on Guadalcanal ⓘ
supportingArms	U.S. Marine artillery ⓘ U.S. Marine machine guns ⓘ U.S. tanks ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Japanese frontal assault destroyed ⓘ U.S. Marines maintained control of Henderson Field perimeter ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
typeOfEngagement	infantry assault ⓘ night attack ⓘ
unitInvolved	1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ surface form: 1st Marine Division Ichiki Detachment ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henderson Field → subjectOf → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Battle of the Tenaru → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Ilu River

Ichiki Detachment → notableFor → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Ichiki Detachment → engagedIn → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Battle of Alligator Creek → hasAlias → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Ilu River → notableEvent → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → notableBattle → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Lunga River → wasNearBattle → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Kiyonao Ichiki → notableFor → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ

Kiyonao Ichiki → participatedIn → Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ