The Battle of Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal.
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.
From August of 1942 until February of 1943, the United States and Japan fought savagely over a central island in the Solomon island-chain: Guadalcanal. Despite many losses over the course of the battle, the American forces eventually pushed the Japanese defenders off of the island, thus gaining victory in the first major offensive action of the war by any Allied nation in the war against Japan.
Yes, the battle of Guadalcanal was fought between the Allies and the Japanese Empire in the Pacific Theater of World War Two.
Crusade in the Pacific - 1951 Guadalcanal America's First Offensive 1-7 was released on: USA: 1951
Battle of Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal was America's first offensive.
The Battle of Guadalcanal
Midway islands
The battle for the Pacific island of Guadacanal thwarted Japanese attempts to expand their conquests in the Pacific .
The battle for Guadalcanal marked the end of Japanese expansion in the Pacific and put Japan on the defensive for the remainder of the war. It also drained Japan of military resources that it could not easily replace, namely ships, aircraft, and the highly-skilled pilots with which it had started the war.
The Battle of Guadalcanal .
Some would argue that the invasion of Guadalcanal was one of the most pivitol points in the Pacific theatre. If the Japanese were to keep Guadalcanal, with its airfield, the Allies may have lost all of the South Pacific including Australia.
Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal.