Henderson Field

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World War II battle site military airfield

Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle site ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
airUnitsBasedAt Cactus Air Force ⓘ
associatedWith Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands campaign

U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
surface form: United States Pacific Fleet
captureDate 1942-08-07 ⓘ
capturedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: United States Marines
codename Cactus ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1942-07 ⓘ
constructionStartedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
controlledBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
coordinateSystem approximate ⓘ
countryDuringWorldWarII British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
currentStatus airfield site on Guadalcanal ⓘ
defendedBy 1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Marine Division

2nd Marine Division ⓘ
U.S. Army Americal Division ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
namedAfter Lofton R. Henderson ⓘ
namedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: United States Marines
notableFor being key objective of Japanese counteroffensives on Guadalcanal ⓘ
intense air, land, and sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces ⓘ
originalPurpose Japanese airfield to threaten Allied supply routes ⓘ
partOf Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign

Pacific War ⓘ
presentDaySuccessor Honiara ⓘ
surface form: Honiara International Airport
region Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
renamedOnCapture Henderson Field self-link ⓘ
runwaySurface coral ⓘ
strategicImportance base for offensive air operations against Japanese forces ⓘ
control of air superiority over Guadalcanal ⓘ
protection of Allied sea lines of communication to Australia ⓘ
subjectOf Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
theater South Pacific ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ

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

Battle of Edson's Ridge → airfieldDefended → Henderson Field ⓘ
Operation Watchtower → airfieldName → Henderson Field ⓘ
Guadalcanal → hasAirfield → Henderson Field ⓘ
Honiara → hasNearbyHistoricalSite → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Bloody Ridge → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Cactus Air Force → operatedFrom → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal → primaryTarget → Henderson Field ⓘ
Cactus → refersTo → Henderson Field ⓘ
Henderson Field → renamedOnCapture → Henderson Field self-link ⓘ