Original sentence: A popular myth endures, claiming this battle to be the first in the Pacific campaign in which Allied troops defeated Japanese land forces and, significantly, forced them to withdraw.Despite these claims, historians note that the Americans defeated the Japanese on August 21st 1942 in the Battle of Tenaru, four days before the Battle of Milne Bay began.Japanese marines attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea on 25 August 1942, and fighting continued until the Japanese retreated on 5 September 1942, however armed resistance ended on 7 September 1942
Edited sentence: But unlike Milne Bay, these actions did not result in complete Japanese withdrawal and the abandonment of the military campaign.Japanese forces had experienced local setbacks before: their first attack on Wake Island was thrown back, and American Marines defeated the Japanese on Guadalcanal in the Battle of the Tenaru, four days before the Battle of Milne Bay began.Japanese marines attacked the Australian and American base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea on 25 August 1942, and fighting continued until the Japanese retreated on 5 September 1942, however armed resistance ended on 7 September 1942.The battle was the first in the Pacific campaign in which Allied troops decisively defeated Japanese land forces, forcing them to withdraw and completely abandon their strategic objective