Yes, the battle of Guadalcanal was fought between the Allies and the Japanese Empire in the Pacific Theater of World War Two.
Battle of Guadalcanal.
Just Japan .
The US landed troops on the beaches to fight the Japanese
the Japanese lost conquered territory for the first time.
By the end of May 1942, the Japanese had landed men at Guadalcanal. after the victory at Midway, the Americans began to re-capture the islands that the Japanese had taken. The battle of Guadacanal began on August 7, 1942.
The Battle of Guadalcanal was fought from 07-August-1942 to 09-February-1943, during World War II.
The Japanese lost the struggle for Guadalcanal because they lost control of the waters around the island due to all the naval battles that were fought at sea . The Japanese could not supply or reinforce the island .
Australia was the foot hole for the allied troops to mount an attack on Japanese forces. The battle of Guadalcanal was the deciding battle in preventing the Japanese invasion of Australia.
According to James D. Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno, both the Japanese and the Allies each lost 24 warships during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Japanese tonnage losses amounted to 155,300, while the Allies lost 160,815.
The battle of Guadalcanal happened at Guadalcanal! The island of Guadalcanal is in the Solomon islands archipelago in the pacific, just northwest of Australia. Guadalcanal is the island closest to Australia, and it is the largest.
It ensured that Australia would be safe from Japanese invasion.
During the Battle of Guadalcanal in August 1942 to February of 1943, approximately 100,000 soldiers fought in the jungles of the small island. Around 60,000 American soldiers were involved, with over 36,000 Japanese soldiers opposing them. It should not be overlooked that many sailors and airmen were also involved above and around the land-battle.