Henderson Field

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Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.

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Generate an image of Henderson Field (Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.)

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Henderson Field canonical 28

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle site ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
airUnitsBasedAt Cactus Air Force ⓘ
associatedWith Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
United States Pacific Fleet ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Pacific Fleet
captureDate 1942-08-07 ⓘ
capturedBy United States Marines ⓘ
codename Cactus ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1942-07 ⓘ
constructionStartedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
controlledBy Allied forces ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
coordinateSystem approximate ⓘ
countryDuringWorldWarII British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
currentStatus airfield site on Guadalcanal ⓘ
defendedBy 1st Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Marine Division ⓘ
U.S. Army Americal Division ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
namedAfter Lofton R. Henderson ⓘ
namedBy United States Marines ⓘ
notableFor being key objective of Japanese counteroffensives on Guadalcanal ⓘ
intense air, land, and sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces ⓘ
originalPurpose Japanese airfield to threaten Allied supply routes ⓘ
partOf Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
presentDaySuccessor Honiara International Airport ⓘ
linked to: Honiara
region Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
renamedOnCapture Henderson Field ⓘ
runwaySurface coral ⓘ
strategicImportance base for offensive air operations against Japanese forces ⓘ
control of air superiority over Guadalcanal ⓘ
protection of Allied sea lines of communication to Australia ⓘ
subjectOf Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
theater South Pacific ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

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Operation Watchtower → airfieldName → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal → primaryTarget → Henderson Field ⓘ
Guadalcanal → hasAirfield → Henderson Field ⓘ
Henderson Field → renamedOnCapture → Henderson Field ⓘ
Honiara → hasNearbyHistoricalSite → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Cactus Air Force → operatedFrom → Henderson Field ⓘ
Cactus → refersTo → Henderson Field ⓘ
Bloody Ridge → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Edson's Ridge → airfieldDefended → Henderson Field ⓘ
Cactus Air Force → basedAt → Henderson Field ⓘ
subject linked to: CAF
Battle of Alligator Creek → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Ilu River → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Honiara International Airport → formerName → Henderson Field ⓘ
subject linked to: HIR
Henderson → locatedNear → Henderson Field ⓘ
Lunga Ridge → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Third Battle of the Matanikau → relatedTo → Henderson Field ⓘ
Lunga River → locatedNear → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Ridge → defendedAsset → Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Ilu River → airfieldInvolved → Henderson Field ⓘ
Lunga Point → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Bloody Ridge battlefield → near → Henderson Field ⓘ
Ilu-Tenaru River → near → Henderson Field ⓘ