What the records say
- When
- 29 Jan 1943 – 30 Jan 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 11.42° S, 160.93° E
- Description
- 1943 last major naval engagement between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Rennell Island – The Imperial Japanese Navy resists the United States Navy's attempt to interrupt the withdrawal of Japanese forces from…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Pazifikkrieg greifen landgestützte japanische Bomber bei Rennell Island als Teil der Schlacht um Guadalcanal US-amerikanische Kriegsschiffe an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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