Battle
Open on the mapBattle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
15 Dec 1942 – 23 Jan 1943 · 9.43° S, 159.97° E
What the records say
- When
- 15 Dec 1942 – 23 Jan 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.43° S, 159.97° E
- Description
- World War II battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
World War II battle on Guadalcanal
The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, part of which is sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu, or the Battle of the Mountain of Blood among the Japanese, took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. The U.S.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “23 1 1943 : fin de la campagne de Guadalcanal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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