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Battle of Cape Esperance
In an effort to transport reinforcements to Guadalcanal on the night of 11. - 12.10. 1942, the American and Japanese cover groups clashed in a somewhat confused, short 34-minute encounter later called the Battle of Cape Esperance.
🕔︎ 27.05.2003
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Battle of Guadalcanal (November 13-15, 1942)
On November 11, a convoy of 11 transport ships with reinforcements and material for the Japanese garrison on Guadalcanal (7,000 men, 31,500 artillery shells, provisions for 30,000 men for 20 days) assembled in the port of Shortland. The convoy was accompanied by a reinforced Tanaka's 2nd Destroyer Squadron (12 vessels) ...
🕔︎ 15.05.2003
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Battle of Guadalcanal (November 13-15, 1942)
🕔︎ 15.05.2003
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Battle of Guadalcanal (November 13-15, 1942)
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Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or, in Japanese sources, as the Battle of Lunga Point, was a nighttime naval battle that took place on November 30, 1942, between United States Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Guadalcanal Campaign. The battle took place in Ironbottom Sound near the Tassafaronga area on Guadalcanal. The Battle of Tassafaronga and the Battle of Savo Island are considered the two worst defeats in the history of the US Navy, next to Pearl Harbor.
🕔︎ 28.03.2004
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