Talk:Battle of Rennell Island

Drawing of US ship formation
I am making this drawing of the US ship formation during the Battle of Rennell Island available for use in the main article if the Editor sees fit.Tvbanfield (talk) 21:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Allied forces
Mention is made several times in the article to the fact that allied forces were involved, without ever mentioning who the allies were. I believe that Australian coastwatchers played a significant role, and that there were some allied ships involved as well. Were there any other allies apart from Australian forces? — Plerdsus 05:32, 29 January 2012‎ (UTC)
 * There was, I believe, by this time a New Zealand reconnaisance squadron on Guadalcanal and several NZ naval vessels operating from Tulagi. I don't know, however, if either had a role in this battle. Cla68 (talk) 11:05, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether this is really a US victory? After all they lost two ships and failed to prevent the Japanese evacuation, so shouldn't the result on this one be something more nuanced like US Strategic/Japanese tactical victory? 86.173.45.149 (talk) 15:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Overbroad Ending Sentence
This sentence at the end of the current article: "Building on their success in securing Guadalcanal, the Allies continued their campaign against Japan, culminating in Japan's defeat and the end of World War II.[36]" seems overbroad relative to the specific subject matter. Does every article about World War II end this way? I don't have a better one off the top of my head, particularly with a reference, but the battle should only to be tied into the context of the Guadalcanal campaign. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.227.97 (talk) 15:18, 29 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I was just coming to the Talk Page to complain of the very same thing. Way too much of a jump from Guadalcanal to the end of the war - it makes more sense to link it to the next significant allied campaign in the Pacific. HammerFilmFan (talk) 19:38, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Action on 29 January
It's nowhere near as far from Guadalcanal to Rennell as the first paragraph under this head states (states that TF 18 was at a point presumably between the two: 50 miles north of Rennell and 160 miles south of Guadalcanal). The correct distance, depending on exactly what points you measure between, is more like 115 miles. Source: Google Earth. The head of the black arrow on the chart that appears to the left of the referenced paragraph makes this location look like it's about halfway between the two islands, which is contradicted by the 50/160 split in the numbers in the paragraph. Maybe the "160" is a pure typo and should be 60 instead?PhilGaskill (talk) 00:34, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

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Jam up at the top
This article did not pass FAC with a jam at the top of an excessively long infobox, plus nav template, plus MOS:SANDWICH. This should be resolved. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  13:51, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * There is nothing excessive about the infobox, and the navbox is fine. I know some don't like them there, but it is hardly verboten. I've removed one image as I think the map is more important. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:39, 27 November 2020 (UTC)