Alligator Creek battlefield area

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The Alligator Creek battlefield area is a historic World War II site on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, where U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault in one of the campaign’s earliest and most decisive engagements.

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Alligator Creek battlefield area canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II site ⓘ
historic battlefield ⓘ
military historic site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Tenaru site ⓘ
Ilu River battlefield area ⓘ
associatedOperation defense of Henderson Field ⓘ
associatedWith Henderson Field ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
engagementType frontal infantry attack ⓘ
night assault ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
geographicalFeatureNearby coastal plain ⓘ
jungle terrain ⓘ
hasCategory Guadalcanal campaign battle sites ⓘ
linked to: Guadalcanal

World War II battlefields in Oceania ⓘ
hasHeritageValue World War II remembrance ⓘ
military history ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
namedAfter Alligator Creek ⓘ
notableFor early U.S. Marine defensive success on Guadalcanal ⓘ
repulse of a major Japanese assault ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
Ichiki Detachment (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: Ichiki Detachment
partOf Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
Solomon Islands World War II heritage sites ⓘ
primaryCombatants Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
U.S. Marines ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
riverNearby Ilu River ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to defense of Henderson Field ⓘ
early decisive engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
helped secure the U.S. beachhead on Guadalcanal ⓘ
tacticalOutcome decisive U.S. Marine victory ⓘ
timePeriod Pacific War ⓘ
tourism battlefield tourism destination ⓘ

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Solomon Islands World War II heritage sites → hasPart → Alligator Creek battlefield area ⓘ