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Bookmark or Share- Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle - WikipediaTwo nights after the initial landings, the US Navy experienced the worst open-water defeat in its history at the Battle of Savo Island.
- Battle of Guadalcanal | Facts, Map, & Significance | BritannicaBattle of Guadalcanal, (August 1942–February 1943), series of World War II land and sea clashes between Allied and Japanese forces on and around Guadalcanal, one of the southern Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific.
- The Solomon Islands Campaign: Guadalcanal - The National WWII MuseumIn August 1942, America mounted its first major amphibious landing of World War II at Guadalcanal, using innovative landing craft built by Higgins Industries in New Orleans. By seizing a strategic airfield site on the island, the United States halted Japanese efforts to disrupt supply routes to Australia and New Zealand.
- Guadalcanal campaign - WikipediaThe Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
- Guadalcanal - WikipediaGuadalcanal (/ ˌɡwɑːdəlkəˈnæl /; indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomons by area and the second-largest by population (after Malaita).
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