Battle of Alligator Creek

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The Battle of Alligator Creek was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault, helping secure their foothold on the island.

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Battle of Alligator Creek canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
battle of the Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
aftermath Ichiki Detachment effectively annihilated ⓘ
linked to: Ichiki Detachment

prompted Japanese to send larger reinforcements to Guadalcanal ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
commander Alexander A. Vandegrift ⓘ
Kiyonao Ichiki NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
date 1942-08-21 ⓘ
endDate 1942-08-21 ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of Ilu River ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
JapaneseCasualtiesKilled over 800 ⓘ
JapaneseCasualtiesSurvivors fewer than 20 escaped ⓘ
JapaneseForce Ichiki Detachment ⓘ
JapaneseUnit 28th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
2nd Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
location Alligator Creek ⓘ
Guadalcanal ⓘ
Ilu River ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
near Henderson Field ⓘ
objectiveJapan destroy U.S. forces around Henderson Field ⓘ
objectiveUS defend Henderson Field ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
decisive U.S. Marine victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-08-21 ⓘ
strategicSignificance demonstrated effectiveness of Marine defenses around Henderson Field ⓘ
helped secure U.S. foothold on Guadalcanal ⓘ
strengthJapan approximately 900–1,000 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUS approximately 1,500 Marines ⓘ
tacticalSignificance repulsed first major Japanese counterattack on Guadalcanal ⓘ
typeOfEngagement frontal assault across sandbar ⓘ
night infantry assault ⓘ
USCasualtiesKilled about 34 ⓘ
USCasualtiesWounded about 75 ⓘ
USForce 1st Marine Division ⓘ
USUnit 1st Battalion 1st Marines ⓘ
2nd Battalion 1st Marines ⓘ
Marine artillery units ⓘ
weaponsUsed artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
mortars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Tenaru → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ
Tenaru River → siteOf → Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ
28th Infantry Regiment → notableBattle → Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ
Battle of Ilu River → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ