Battle of the Tenaru

Quand

21 août 1942

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

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

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