Regional1942

Battle of Santa Cruz Islands

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Solomon Islands

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Santa Cruz Islands (1942), part of the World War II. Japan defeated United States.

Belligerents2

Japan
United States

ON THE MAPEmpire of Japan (peak, 1942)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Santa Cruz Islands (1942). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-santa-cruz-islands · Sources & methodology