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Title
Clearing Matanikau River
Description
At the start of the new year, General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions …
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Source
Publisher
Date
1943-01-13
Scenario#
3738
Scenario Description
At the start of the new year, General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions and after hard fighting gained the heights overlooking the Matanikau River.
Location
Matanikau River, Guadalcanal
Battle Narrative
The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements, which took place in the months of September and October 1942, among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal Island in the southwestern Pacific northeast of Australia, during the Guadalcanal campaign. These particular engagements—the first taking place between 23 and 27 September, and the second between 6 and 9 October—were two of the largest and most significant of the Matanikau actions.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Japanese
American
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Classified
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