Battle of Ilu River

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The Battle of Ilu River was a World War II engagement on Guadalcanal in 1942, where U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault in one of the first significant American ground victories in the Pacific Theater.

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Battle of the Ilu River 2
Battle of Ilu River canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
airfieldInvolved Henderson Field ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Alligator Creek ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
campaignYear 1942 ⓘ
casualtiesJapan over 700 killed ⓘ
casualtiesUS dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
commanderJapan Kiyonao Ichiki NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderJapanFate Kiyonao Ichiki killed in action ⓘ
commanderUS Alexander A. Vandegrift ⓘ
Clifton B. Cates ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
date 1942-08-21 ⓘ
endDate 1942-08-21 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
forceTypeJapan Ichiki Detachment ⓘ
forceTypeUS U.S. Marines ⓘ
front Guadalcanal front ⓘ
frontlineServiceBranchUS 1st Marine Division ⓘ
isPartOf Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
location Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
objectiveJapan recapture Henderson Field ⓘ
objectiveUS defend Henderson Field ⓘ
outcome destruction of most of the Ichiki Detachment ⓘ
partOf Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
precededBy American landings on Guadalcanal ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
river Ilu River ⓘ
significance demonstrated effectiveness of Marine defensive tactics on Guadalcanal ⓘ
one of the first significant American ground victories in the Pacific Theater ⓘ
startDate 1942-08-21 ⓘ
strengthJapan approximately 900 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUS approximately 1,000–1,500 Marines ⓘ
tacticUsedJapan frontal night assault ⓘ
tacticUsedUS coordinated infantry and artillery fire ⓘ
defensive perimeter ⓘ
terrain coastal river mouth ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
timeOfMainAssault night of 20–21 August 1942 ⓘ
war World War II ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Alligator Creek → hasAlias → Battle of Ilu River ⓘ
Lunga River → wasNearBattle → Battle of the Ilu River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ilu River
Tenaru River → siteOf → Battle of the Ilu River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ilu River