Battle for Henderson Field

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World War II battle battle

The Battle for Henderson Field was a pivotal World War II land engagement on Guadalcanal in October 1942, in which U.S. forces successfully defended the strategically vital airfield against repeated Japanese attacks.

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Label Occurrences
Battle for Henderson Field canonical 5
Battle of Henderson Field 3
Battle for Henderson Field (October 23–26, 1942) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
airfieldDefended Henderson Field ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Henderson Field

Third Battle of the Matanikau ⓘ
attackingForceStrength approximately 6,000–7,000 Japanese attackers ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
casualtiesAmerican several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesJapanese over 2,000 killed ⓘ
commander Alexander Vandegrift ⓘ
surface form: Alexander A. Vandegrift

Harukichi Hyakutake ⓘ
Kiyotake Kawaguchi ⓘ
Masaaki Suzuki ⓘ
Merritt A. Edson ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
countryInvolved Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
datePrecision day ⓘ
defensiveForceStrength approximately 2,500–3,000 U.S. front-line defenders ⓘ
endDate 1942-10-26 ⓘ
followedBy Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
front Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
hasPart night attack of 23–24 October 1942 ⓘ
night attack of 24–25 October 1942 ⓘ
night attack of 25–26 October 1942 ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
location Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
notableFeature close-quarters jungle fighting ⓘ
intense night infantry assaults ⓘ
notableUnit 164th Infantry Regiment (US Army) ⓘ
1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Marine Division

2nd Infantry Division (Japan) ⓘ
partOf Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
precededBy Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
primaryTarget Henderson Field air operations ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
significance helped secure Allied control of sea lanes between the U.S. and Australia ⓘ
turning point in the land campaign on Guadalcanal ⓘ
startDate 1942-10-23 ⓘ
strategicObjective defense of Henderson Field airstrip ⓘ
denial of Guadalcanal airfield to Japanese forces ⓘ
strategicOutcome crippled Japanese ability to reinforce Guadalcanal by day ⓘ
secured Allied control of Henderson Field ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Japanese ground assaults repulsed ⓘ
theater Pacific theater commands ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations

Referenced by (10)

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

Henderson Field → subjectOf → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Henderson Field
Battle for Henderson Field → alsoKnownAs → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Henderson Field
Battle of Edson's Ridge → followedBy → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal) → precededBy → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Ke
Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → notableBattle → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → subjectOf → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for Henderson Field (October 23–26, 1942)
164th Infantry Regiment (US Army) → participatedIn → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: defense of Henderson Field
Third Battle of the Matanikau → followedBy → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
John Basilone → notableBattle → Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Henderson Field