What the records say
- When
- 30 Nov 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.20° S, 159.83° E
- Description
- 1942 naval battle between US Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Guadalcanal campaign
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Battle of Tassafaronga
1942 naval battle in the Pacific theater of World War II
The Battle of Tassafaronga, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or in Japanese sources as the Battle of Lunga Point , was a nighttime naval battle that took place on 30 November 1942 between United States Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Guadalcanal campaign. The battle took place in Ironbottom Sound near Tassafaronga Point on Guadalcanal.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Tassafaronga – In a nighttime naval battle as part of the Guadalcanal campaign”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Tassafaronga endet mit einem Sieg der Japaner”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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