Battle of Tulagi

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Tulagi was a World War II engagement in August 1942, part of the Guadalcanal campaign, in which U.S. forces seized the Japanese-held island of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Tulagi canonical	3
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo	2
Early Guadalcanal campaign	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy Special Naval Landing Forces United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
campaign	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
combatant	Allied forces ⓘ Japanese forces ⓘ
commander	Alexander Vandegrift ⓘ surface form: Alexander A. Vandegrift Frank Jack Fletcher ⓘ Kiyohide Shima ⓘ Richmond K. Turner ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	August 1942 ⓘ
endDate	1942-08-09 ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese attempts to reinforce Guadalcanal ⓘ
front	Pacific front of World War II ⓘ
involvedForceType	amphibious assault forces ⓘ marine infantry ⓘ naval forces ⓘ
isPartOf	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
location	Solomon Islands ⓘ Tulagi ⓘ
notableFeature	Destruction of Japanese seaplane base ⓘ Intense close-quarters fighting on small island ⓘ
objective	Elimination of Japanese seaplane base on Tulagi ⓘ Seizure of Japanese-held Tulagi ⓘ
opponent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Japanese occupation of Tulagi ⓘ
region	South Pacific ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ U.S. capture of Tulagi ⓘ
simultaneousWith	Battle of Gavutu–Tanambogo ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Battle of Guadalcanal (landings on Guadalcanal)
startDate	1942-08-07 ⓘ
strategicImportance	Base for Allied operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ Protection of Allied shipping lanes between the U.S. and Australia ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean theater of World War II South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tulagi → siteOf → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ

Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra → participatedIn → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ

subject surface form: HMAS Canberra

this entity surface form: Early Guadalcanal campaign

Nggela (Florida) Islands → historicalEvent → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo

Battle of Gavutu–Tanambogo → relatedEvent → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Tulagi → followedBy → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo

Japanese occupation of Tulagi → relatedEvent → Battle of Tulagi ⓘ