<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Savo Island">Battle of Savo Island</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Guadalcanal">Battle of Guadalcanal</a> are surprised and defeated by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> cruiser force.