Battle of the Tenaru

When

21 Aug 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

9.42° S, 160.07° E

Description

1942 battle of World War II

War

World War II

1942 World War II battle

The Battle of the Tenaru, sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or the Battle of Alligator Creek, was a land battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and Allied ground forces that took place on 21 August 1942, on the island of Guadalcanal during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle was the first major Japanese land offensive during the Guadalcanal campaign.

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• 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 the Tenaru: The Americans defeat Japanese land forces on Guadalcanal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht am Tenaru wird eine japanische Offensive in der Schlacht um Guadalcanal von den Alliierten zurückgeschlagen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire alliée à la bataille de Tenaru sur l'ile de Guadalcanal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой у реки Тенару между армиями Японии и союзников (главным образом морской пехотой США)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000
• World War II in Asia (approx)3 Sep 1939 · Interstate war · Deaths 3,269,818