what is the prelude to the mentioned naval battle?
Kondo's force approached Guadalcanal via Indispensable Strait around midnight and the force included heavy cruisers, light cruisers and nine destroyers
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Kondo's force approached Guadalcanal via Indispensable Strait around midnight on 14 November, and a quarter moon provided moderate visibility of about . The force included "Kirishima", heavy cruisers and , light cruisers and "Sendai", and nine destroyers, 
what is guadalcanal campaign? A military campaign on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II where is this mentioned island located? Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia what are some fauna found here? Phalanger or grey cuscus, bats, rodents and estuarine crocodiles what do you know about the former mentioned animal? It is a genus of possums where did the above mentioned term related to 'group of species' originate from? It comes from the Latin ' ("origin, type, group, race"), a noun form cognate with ' ("to bear; to give birth to") what is the characteristics of this noun form mentioned above? Cognates do not need to have the same meaning and also do not need to have similar forms what is its significance across languages? UNANSWERABLE what are some battles fought in the aforementioned campaign? Naval Battle of Guadalcanal what is the aftermath of this campaign? After the Japanese withdrawal, Guadalcanal and Tulagi were developed into major bases supporting the Allied advance further up the Solomon Islands chain
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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal [SEP] Prelude
Kondo's force approached Guadalcanal via Indispensable Strait around midnight on 14 November, and a quarter moon provided moderate visibility of about . The force included "Kirishima", heavy cruisers and , light cruisers and "Sendai", and nine destroyers, some of the destroyers being survivors (along with "Kirishima" and "Nagara") of the first night engagement two days prior. Kondo flew his flag in the cruiser "Atago". Low on undamaged ships, Admiral William Halsey, Jr., detached the new battleships and , of "Enterprise"s support group, together with four destroyers, as TF 64 under Admiral Willis A. "Ching" Lee to defend Guadalcanal and Henderson Field.