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.
Guadalcanal was America's first offensive.
War in Guadalcanal
The Maine landings on Guadalcanal were the first American offensive operations of the war. By establishing the airbase at Henderson Field, it provided a foothold in the Solomon Island chain that provided the basis for the Island Hopping campaigns mapped out by the Plan Orange strategy to retake the Pacific.
The battle for the Pacific island of Guadacanal thwarted Japanese attempts to expand their conquests in the Pacific .
The island of Guadalcanal .
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.
Guadalcanal was America's first offensive.
War in Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is located in the continent of Oceania. It is one of the islands in the Solomon Islands, situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The island is known for its historical significance during World War II.
The Maine landings on Guadalcanal were the first American offensive operations of the war. By establishing the airbase at Henderson Field, it provided a foothold in the Solomon Island chain that provided the basis for the Island Hopping campaigns mapped out by the Plan Orange strategy to retake the Pacific.
August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943 with the Battle of Guadalcanal .
The battle for the Pacific island of Guadacanal thwarted Japanese attempts to expand their conquests in the Pacific .
Guadalcanal. Then later Choiseul and Cape Gloucester. There were several large Naval Battles, including the Naval battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Savo Island, and one of the four great carrier battles of 1942, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
The battle of Midway is considered the turning point of the Naval War in the Pacific while the six month struggle for the island of Guadalcanal is considered the turning point for the land war in the Pacific
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.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. That was when US want revenge. They struck Japan back on Guadalcanal Island.