What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1942 – 9 Aug 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.11° S, 160.15° E
- Description
- 1942 battle
- War
- World War II
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Landung auf den Salomonen-Inseln Tulagi, Gavutu-Tanambogo und Guadalcanal beginnen die USA ihre Operation Watchtower”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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