Actions along the Matanikau (September – October 1942)

<nowiki>azioni sul Matanikau; マタニカウ川の戦い; opérations de la rivière Matanikau; הקרבות בנהר מטניקאו; Бої в районі Матанікау; Бои в районе Матаникау; 马坦尼考行动; Operationen am Fluss Matanikau; Acciones a lo largo del río Matanikau; Actions along the Matanikau; 馬坦尼考行動; 马坦尼考行动; Kampene ved Matanikau; battles during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII; Два самостоятельных сражения между США и Японией на острове Гуадалканал; battles during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII; engagement terrestre allié, campagne de Guadalcanal (1942), Guerre du Pacifique; Acciones a lo largo del rio Matanikau; マタニカウ川沿岸の戦い; Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau</nowiki>

Бої в районі Матанікау 

battles during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII
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Вікіпедія
Є одним із	битва
Частина від	Битва за Гуадалканал
Місце розташування	Гуадалканал, Соломонові Острови
Дата й час	9 жовтня 1942
Час/дата початку	23 вересня 1942
Час/дата закінчення	9 жовтня 1942
Кількість постраждалих	156 (Сполучені Штати Америки) 750 (Японська імперія)
9° 24′ 38″ пд. ш., 160° 20′ 56″ сх. д.
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General

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  World War II Pacific theater in August, 1942.
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  Pacific Ocean divided up into WWII Allied commands.
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  South Pacific, 1942.
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  Map of southwest Pacific area in 1942-1943.
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  Strategic situation in South Pacific, summer 1942. Red circles are Japanese bases. Blue arrows are Allied shipping and communication lines between U.S. and Australia and New Zealand.
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  Allied lines of communication in the South Pacific, 1942.
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  Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands and New Caledonia area, 1942.
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  Map of the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands.
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  Guadalcanal

September Action

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  U.S. positions in the Lunga Perimeter on Guadalcanal following the Battle of Edson's Ridge, late September, 1942.
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  Map of Matanikau action between U.S. Marines and Japanese forces, September 24-27, 1942, on Guadalcanal.
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  Aerial map of Point Cruz, Guadalcanal overlaid with actions by U.S. and Japanese forces during operations in late September, 1942.
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  The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, withdraws from its dangerously exposed position west of Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, under cover of naval gunfire and artillery support in late September, 1942.
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  U.S. and Japanese actions along the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 23-27 Sep, 1942.
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  Photo of the terrain around Point Cruz on Guadalcanal.
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  U.S. Marines evacuate under fire near Point Cruz on September 27.
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  U.S. Marine 105mm gun on Guadalcanal, September, 1942.
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  A U.S. 11th Marines 75mm pack howitzer and crew on Guadalcanal, September or October, 1942.
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  A U.S. Marine patrol crosses the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, probably in late September or early October, 1942.
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  U.S. Marine commander Merritt Edson.
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  Japanese Major General Kawaguchi (seated center with mustache).
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  Japanese Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake.
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  U.S. Marine Lieutenant General Vandegrift.
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  U.S. Marine Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith II, who, as a Lieutenant Colonel, served as executive officer under Merritt Edson in the 1st Raiders and then commanded the battalion.
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  U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel "Chesty" Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942.

October Action

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  Japanese Maj Gen Maruyama, commander of the Japanese 2nd Infantry Division, arrived on Guadalcanal on October 2, 1942 and began to deploy his troops along the Matanikau River soon after.
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  U.S. Matanikau offensive on Guadalcanal, October 7-9, 1942.
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  U.S. Matanikau offensive on Guadalcanal, October 7-9, 1942.
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  ACTION ON THE MATANIKAU, Guadalcanal, from 7 to 9 October, 1942, enabled General Vandegrift to establish forward positions in that area during the balance of the campaign.
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  U.S. positions along the Matanikau and Lunga Point, October 9, 1942.
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  U.S. Marine defensive positions along the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, October, 1942.
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  The 1st Raider Battalion and the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, found themselves immobilized by the Japanese along the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal in October, 1942.
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  Japanese tanks knocked out by marine 37mm guns along the mouth of the Matanikau.
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  Japanese tanks knocked out by marine 37mm guns along the mouth of the Matanikau.