HyperDic: battle_of_guadalcanal

English > 1 sense of the expression Battle of Guadalcanal:
NOUNactBattle of Guadalcanal, Guadalcanala battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943)
English > Battle of Guadalcanal: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces.
SynonymGuadalcanal
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
RegionGuadalcanalA mountainous island
Spanishbatalla de Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal

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