What the records say
- When
- 11 Oct 1942 – 12 Oct 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.10° S, 159.65° E
- Description
- 1942 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Cape Esperance
World War II Pacific theatre battle
The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place on 11–12 October 1942, in the Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and United States Navy.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Cape Esperance siegen die Alliierten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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