Regional1942

Battle of Savo Island

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Solomon Islands

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Savo Island (1942), part of the World War II. Japan defeated Australia, United States.

Belligerents3

Japan
Australia
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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