Battle of Vella Gulf

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The Battle of Vella Gulf was a 1943 nighttime naval engagement in the Solomon Islands during World War II in which U.S. destroyers ambushed and decisively defeated a Japanese reinforcement force, helping secure Allied control of the central Solomons.


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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Northern Solomons campaign
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