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	Guadalcanal campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In response to the Allied landings on Guadalcanal, the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters assigned the Imperial Japanese Army's 17th Army, based at Rabaul and under the command of Lieutenant-General Harukichi Hyakutake, with the task of retaking Guadalcanal from Allied forces.
		Tanaka's convoy, after suffering heavy damage during the battle, was forced, due to the continued threat by U.S. aircraft based at Henderson Field, to divert to the Shortland Islands in the northern Solomons in order for the troops to be transferred to destroyers for delivery to Guadalcanal.
		The Battle of Midway is widely considered to be the turning point in the Pacific theater, as it was a strategic naval victory which stopped Japan's eastern expansion toward Hawaii and the U.S. west coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal (4885 words)

	A Guadalcanal Chronology & Order of Battle
		It skipped over the Battle of the Tenaru River in August and did not provide a scenario for the November offensive that the Japanese would have mounted if so many of their forces and supplies had not been sunk at sea after the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12-14 November 1942).
		The intensity of the battles at sea and on land was due in great part to the rough equality of the forces involved.
		The five battles in the waters off Guadalcanal, which include the two nights of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, are listed in sequence to the left of the island.
	www.friesian.com /history/guadal.htm (3871 words)

	BB 55 during World War II - Guadalcanal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June effectively thwarted two major offensive thrusts of the Imperial Japanese Navy in their attempts to gain control of Port Moresby, New Guinea and Midway, the westernmost island in the Hawaiian chain.
		In August 1942 was the surface action in the Battle of Savo Island on the 9th, the Marines in the Battle of the Tenaru River on the 21st and the aircraft carrier Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 - 25.
		In October was the surface Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 - 12, the land Battle of Henderson Field on 23 - 26 and the aircraft carrier Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on the 26th.
	www.battleshipnc.com /history/bb55/wwii/battles/guadalcanal.php (739 words)

	Operation Watchtower: The Battle for Guadalcanal (August 1942-February 1943)
		Guadalcanal was the first battle in the American amphibious campaign to liberate the Pacific from Japanese occupation.
		Both Japanese and American forces fought the battle (one of the longest in the Pacific War) at the farthest end of their respective supply lines and in a terrain and climate that was hostile to both sides.
		Prior to the campaign on Guadalcanal there was little known about the island, except that it would be difficult to conduct operations as it was covered by dense tropical rain forest, mountains, deep rivers and swamps and its climate is unforgiving with oppressive heat, humidity, rains and mud.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_guadalcanal.html (6878 words)

	[1.0] The Guadalcanal Campaign: Stumbling Into Battle
		North of Guadalcanal is the smaller Florida Island, which possesses a fine natural harbor on its south coast, protected from the open sea by the tiny island of Tulagi.
		Ichiki had been ordered to wait for the rest of his men, who would arrive the next week, but he was confident of victory and set off for Henderson Field immediately, leaving behind a detachment of 125 men to guard the beach.
		They were beginning to realize that the battle for Guadalcanal was going to be no sideshow, and that they were up against an enemy that was willing and able to fight.
	www.vectorsite.net /tw2guad_1.html (9012 words)

	Guadalcanal Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The majority of the land battles fought on the island involved guerrilla warfare by the highly trained and heavily armed Japanese marines, which were scattered throughout the island.
		The order to abandon ship was given, and many of the crew were in the water when the Laffey exploded, killing most of the crew both on the ship and in the water.
		Guadalcanal was one of the first battles of the Pacific War that the Allies were on the offensive, and from Guadalcanal on, the Allies would have a string of victories that eventually led to the victory through the new island-hopping campaign that was used.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/Guadalcanal.html (3211 words)

	The Guadalcanal Campaign (David Llewellyn James)
		The Battle of Cape Esperance did nothing, however, to discourage the Japanese effort to evict the Marines from Guadalcanal, and the ground fighting was to reach its climax between October 14th.
		When the main carrier battle was joined the Japanese carrier Shokaku was so badly damaged that she was to be out of action for nine months, but the Japanese strike on the US carriers then overwhelmed the fighter defences, and both Hornet and Enterprise were hit.
		After the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese command lost confidence in their ability to retake the island and began to think in terms of developing New Georgia, to the north of Guadalcanal, as a bastion to thwart the American advance in the Solomons.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/Guadalcanal.htm (5629 words)

	Medal of Honor, USN, Battle, Java, Sea, Rabaul, Doolittle, Coral, Midway, Makin, Guadalcanal, Cape, Esperance, ...
		Battle of the Eastern Solomons - On the 24th August, Japanese and American carrier groups covering supply operations to Guadalcanal were in action to the east of the Solomons island chain.
		Battle of Cape Esperance - Off the north tip of Guadalcanal on the night of the 11th/12th October 1942, a U.S. cruiser force was in action with a similar Japanese force.
		After the airfield on Guadalcanal had been seized from the enemy on 8 August, Col. Edson, with a force of 800 men, was assigned to the occupation and defense of a ridge dominating the jungle on either side of the airport.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2USMoH1942.htm (8185 words)

	Philosophy of History
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	www.friesian.com /philhist.htm (1272 words)

	Amazon.com: Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea : The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov. 13-15, 1942: Books: Eric Hammel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 1942 by Eric Hammel
		Guadalcanal was a vicious six-month land-air-sea battle in which both sides suffered appalling losses.
		Having previously described the air and land battles in the first two parts of his trilogy, Hammel devotes the third volume to an analysis of the events that led to the desperate sea battles of November 13th-15th and the almost miraculous victory of the U.S. Navy.
	www.amazon.com /Guadalcanal-Decision-Naval-Battle-13-15/dp/0935553355 (1586 words)

	Guadalcanal
		In its early stages, the Guadalcanal Campaign was primarily a Navy and Marine Corps effort.
		On 13 October the 164th Infantry, the first Army unit on Guadalcanal, came ashore to reinforce the marines and took a 6,600-yard sector at the east end of the American perimeter.
		The Guadalcanal Campaign is one of the most extensively written about of all in World War II, with more than one volume published in each of several categories: official histories, journalistic views, and personal accounts.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/72-8/72-8.htm (7764 words)

	The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (I), 12th/13th November, 1942
		The last loss of the battle was also one of the most shocking examples of the deadliness of the calm, blue expanses of the Pacific Ocean.
		His order to cease fire in the middle of action, probably only directed to the San Francisco, which was mistakenly firing on Atlanta, caused further confusion, but how it was wrongly transmitted is unclear and cannot be blamed on him unless further study is made.
		The battle in its form probably was the only way to stop the Japanese, disrupting their formation and providing, with close-range 203mm fire, the only way to pierce the battleships' armor.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles/naval_battle_guadalcanal_1.htm (3347 words)

	Guadalcanal
		Guadalcanal became a primary strategic objective of the American Pacific offensive in 1942.
		The US Marines managed to withstand continuous attacks including the battles of Tenaru River (21st August) and Bloody Ridge (12th September).Another 20,000 Japanese soldiers were landed on Guadalcanal and this led to a renewed offensive at Matanikau River on 23rd October.
		During the battle Hornet was sunk and the Enterprise was severely damaged.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWguadalcanal.htm (451 words)

	Hughes Review: Spring 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Keep in mind that although the battle of Tassafaronga had not yet been fought, in that engagement U.S. cruisers and destroyers (facing destroyers only) would be devastated by Japanese torpedoes because they were in a tight, orderly column with their beams to the salvos.
		They do not talk much about the battle (they mostly exchange liberty-port tales), but if you draw them out, they will tell you that what they remember is about five minutes of ferocious fighting followed by interminable efforts to save the ship and then to survive in the water.
		The whole three-day naval battle of Guadalcanal (especially the first bloody night) is well worth close study by anyone who wishes to see the nature of what we now call joint littoral warfare, and how land, sea, and air forces each make indispensable contributions.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2000/spring/re1-sp0.htm (2075 words)

	Guadalcanal
		A big naval battle ensued the second day we were here, which resulted in our ship, the Elliot, being sunk.
		We are cutting trails through the jungle in order to widen the circle around the airport.
		The orders have been changed and temporarily we are in a bivouac area.
	www.guadalcanaljournal.com /guadalcanal2.html (8398 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot HMAS Canberra Battle Of Savo Island
		The first reaction of the Japanese when news of the American landing at Guadalcanal - Tulagi reached their main base, Rabaul, was to despatch an air striking force of 27 bombers and 17 fighters to attack the invaders.
		The Battle of Savo Island was one of the sharpest reverses suffered by the US navy in the war.
		After failing to dislodge the American marines from Guadalcanal immediately after the initial landing, the Japanese gathered a large fleet of warships including two battleships and the aircraft carriers Zuikaku, Shokaku and Ryujo to cover the landing of reinforcements which were to take part in an attempt to expel the Americans from Guadalcanal.
	www.gunplot.net /savoisland/savoisland.html (1724 words)

	Pacific War Maps
		By early November, the Japanese had finally come to two important (if belated) realizations: one, that the Americans had far more troops on Guadalcanal than earlier estimates had indicated, and two, Henderson Field had to be neutralized in order for the Japanese to control the seas around the island.
		And in order to assure the delivery of those supplies, they assembled a very powerful force, centered on the battleships Hiei and Kirishima, whose job would be to bombard Henderson Field into impotence.
		The stage was set for another brutal battle just two nights later.
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_gn1.htm (343 words)

	The Sullivan brothers and loss of USS Juneau
		This action was only the beginning of a long land, sea, and air battle for control of this strategic island that would not be resolved until the last Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.
		One of naval battles was the cruiser night action, fought during the night of 12-13 November 1942, that made up part of what came to be called the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		In early November 1942, as the struggle for control of Guadalcanal remained undecided, both the Allies and the Japanese were desperately trying to reinforce the island with troops, food, and ammunition while trying to prevent the other side from doing the same.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq72-2.htm (1380 words)

	GI Joe: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From August to November 1942 devastating battles took place on Guadalcanal, a strategic island in the Pacific.
		While many battles lay ahead, now the balance of power in the Pacific shifted toward the Allies.
		Now Life Magazine and GI Joe have joined forces to recreate and honor the men who fought at The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
	www.the-forum.com /toys/guadalca.htm (115 words)

	Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal 1942: Japanese Aircraft Order of Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal 1942: Japanese Aircraft Order of Battle
		In early November, the Tainan Air Corps was withdrawn, and HQ, 25th Air Flotilla was replaced by HQ, 21st Air Flotilla.
		Guadalcanal: Japanese Ships and Specs (Large: slow: 246K)
	www.magweb.com /sample/ww2/co01guaa.htm (201 words)

	Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal 1942: Japanese Navy Order of Battle
		Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal 1942: Japanese Navy Order of Battle
		These units also sent less than 500 men to Guadalcanal.
		Along with the 11th-16th Naval Construction Units and the 80th -- 85th Naval Garrison Units, the SNLF were often part of Naval Base Forces in the Solomons, which had been established at Guadalcanal--Tulagi, Shortland, Rabaul, and Kavieng.
	www.magweb.com /sample/ww2/co01guao.htm (407 words)

	PBI Battle Packs
		Each BLACK BOX contains enough figures and equipment to create an interesting 400 point order of battle for PBI2.
		There may be a few extra figures that are not needed for the order of battle due to the packs of figures being in multiples of eight.
		These extra figures can be used to add population to an existing base.
	www.peterpig.co.uk /pbi_battle_packs.htm (5293 words)

	Americal Division Order of Battle (1942-1945 Detachments) by Cronin
		Americal Division Order of Battle (1942-1945 Detachments) by Cronin
		This Order of Battle is taken from the book Under the Southern Cross by Captain Francis D. Cronin.
		Hq & Hq Co, 51 Infantry Brigade (forward echelon)
	www.americal.org /oob-wwdt.shtml (100 words)

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