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	Guadalcanal
		The outposts at Tulagi and Guadalcanal were the forward evidences of a sizeable Japanese force in the region, beginning with the Seventeenth Army, headquartered at Rabaul.
		At 1030 on 7 August, an Australian coastwatcher hidden in the hills of the islands north of Guadalcanal signalled that a Japanese air strike composed of heavy bombers, light bombers, and fighters was headed for the island.
		In the offing as part of the Guadalcanal defending force were the rest of the Americal Division, the remainder of the 2d Marine Division, and the Army's 25th Infantry Division, then in Hawaii.
	www.nelsonresidence.com /steveneggie/guadalcanal.htm (17574 words)

	Pacific Battles
		Struggle on Bataan recreates the desperate U.S. and Filipino defense of the Bataan Peninsula between 9 January and 9 April 1942.
		Turning Point: Guadalcanal is the struggle between the United States and Japan for possession of the island of Guadalcanal in the southern Solomons chain.
		The opponents on Guadalcanal were approximately of equal strength and with control of the seas around the island still to be decided, Guadalcanal was the last time in the war when an American amphibious operation faced the prospect of total defeat.
	www.decisiongames.com /html/pacific_battles.html (386 words)

	Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
		With all this, the campaign's outcome was very much in doubt for nearly four months and was not certain until the Japanese completed a stealthy evacuation of their surviving ground troops in the early hours of 8 February 1943.
		Guadalcanal was expensive for both sides, though much more so for Japan's soldiers than for U.S. ground forces.
		At Guadalcanal, the Japanese were harshly shoved into a long and costly retreat, one that continued virtually unchecked until their August 1945 capitulation.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guadlcnl.htm (1522 words)

	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, a corps-sized command based at Rabaul and under the command of Lieutenant-General Harukichi Hyakutake, with the task of retaking Guadalcanal from Allied forces.
		Underestimating the strength of Allied forces on Guadalcanal, Ichiki's unit conducted a nighttime frontal assault on Marine positions at Alligator Creek on the east side of the Lunga perimeter in the early morning hours of August 21.
		During the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, however, the transports carrying this reinforcement were badly damaged and the division was reduced to the strength of a regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal (5431 words)

	[2.0] The Guadalcanal Campaign: To The Knife
		Guadalcanal was at the end of a long and dangerously exposed supply line that was vulnerable to strengthening Allied air and sea power.
		Guadalcanal was nothing glorious, merely filthy, bloody, and diseased, but it was decisive all the same.
		To the Japanese, Guadalcanal was the beginning of the end of the delusions that infected so many of their high command, particularly in the Army.
	www.vectorsite.net /tw2guad_2.html (6514 words)

	Title
		During the struggle for Guadalcanal the Japanese missed both the opportunity to inflict a serious defeat on the American Navy (tied to Guadalcanal by the need to supply the Marines), and the chance to avenge Midway.
		In tonnage, the losses from the Guadalcanal fighting were approximately 129,600 tons, compared to 119,100 at Midway.(32) However, a tonnage comparison is perhaps misleading because of the high value of the carriers.
		Guadalcanal, on the contrary, was to serve as a major forward base (Henderson Field was started by the Japanese, the construction of the airfield was a major factor in the Allied decision to invade.
	www.combinedfleet.com /turningp.htm (5758 words)

	GUADACANAL AUGUST THE 7TH , 1942
		Guadalcanal was, in many senses, the Thermopylae of the Pacific War.
		Guadalcanal, however, removed the blindfold, and it was only from that time on that the Japanese--too late--set their economic and strategic sights for total war.
		GUADALCANAL WAS THE TURNING POINT, and on Guadalcanal the crucial position was Henderson Field, shown here as defending Marine, Navy and Army airmen (and Japanese bombers) knew it from the air.
	www.angelfire.com /pa4/MCLMUSEUM/guadacanal.html (1665 words)

	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was the last major attempt by the Japanese to seize control of the seas around Guadalcanal or to retake the island.
		The last resistance in the Battle of Guadalcanal ended on February 9, 1943 with the successful evacuation of the surviving Japanese troops on the island by the Japanese navy.
		The securing of Guadalcanal and surrounding islands by Allied forces was the first step in their eventual conquest of the entire Solomon Islands chain and the isolation and neutralization of the major Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal (6457 words)

	Squadron History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The primary objective of the assault was the capture of an airfield the Japanese had begun to construct on the island's northern shore.
		The struggle for Guadalcanal quickly became a question of which side would be able to reinforce its strength on the island as the Japanese tried to build sufficient forces to drive the invaders into the sea, and the Americans clung stubbornly to their perimeter around the vital airfield.
		The aircraft detected by the American radar was an enemy fighter patrol dispatched to cover the battered Hiei as she struggled to clear the area.
	marines.centreconnect.org /vmf_112/squadron.html (4560 words)

	WW2DB: Guadalcanal Campaign
		The Japanese commander at Guadalcanal was General Harukichi Hyakutake of the Japanese 17th Army with headquarters in Rabaul.
		Even though she was able to deliver valuable fuel to Guadalcanal, she was damaged so extensively that she would not be able to make another delivery attempt again for the remainder of the campaign.
		Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion, recalling desperate fights in the air, furious night naval battles, frantic work at supply or construction, savage fighting in the sodden jungle, nights broken by screaming bombs and deafening explosions of naval shells."
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=9 (9424 words)

	Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal 1942: Japanese Plans and Operations
		Guadalcanal was at no time within the defensive perimeter established for this purpose.
		Neither U.S. nor Japanese planners realized until after the battle that the value of the island of Guadalcanal lay not in its size or location but in the fact that both sides were willing to commit large forces to gain undisputed control of it.
		Because the U.S. controlled the airfield at Guadalcanal, the Japanese were at a distinct disadvantage in daylight naval operations.
	www.magweb.com /sample/ww2/co01guad.htm (1099 words)

	AAR of struggle for Guadacanal
		Round three of the historical series of Guadalcanal naval battles was fought at the CGC on 5/14/98.
		There is not room here to track every ship, but because we had such a great time, and the game featured so many historically-possible situations, I will present a summary of the game, as well as after thoughts, and also set the stage for part II which continues at the June meeting.
		Leaving the DD action astern, they boldly turned west towards Guadalcanal, and at such short ranges, their massed 6" and 8" guns were able to penetrate the belt armor of the two BBs, who could only respond with secondary fire as the gun crews worked furiously to load AP ammo.
	www.ctgameclub.org /gcanal.htm (1532 words)

	HyperWar: Guadalcanal Campaign: Contents
		Pacific Counterblow, the 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron in the Battle for Guadalcanal
		Guadalcanal and the Origins of the Thirteenth Air Force
		V: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942--February 1943
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/Hell/index.html (307 words)

	NPR : The Battle for Guadalcanal, Radio Expeditions
		What followed was six months of desperate struggle against not only the Japanese military, but heat, jungle, rain, disease and hunger.
		As the district officer on Guadalcanal, he served as administrator, judge and police chief.
		A journal of the Guadalcanal battle by Sgt. James A. Donahue, United States Marine Corps.
	www.npr.org /programs/re/archivesdate/2002/aug/guadalcanal (834 words)

	Marine Aircraft Group 14 [MAG-14]
		As was demonstrated in the Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 1942, the aircraft was unable to cope with Japanese fighters and was appropriately dubbed the Brewster “Buffalo.” Is soon was replaced by superior aircraft.
		Prior to VMF-223’s arrival at Guadalcanal, Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka, the Tokyo Expressman, had gathered a force at Rabaul, New Britain, which he mistakenly considered formidable enough to dislodge the Marines from the island.
		During the months of August and September 1942, Guadalcanal was continually augmented by aircraft and pilots of various commands.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/14mag.htm (2237 words)

	Page Title
		As it turned out, after Midway, Guadalcanal was the next great proving ground as to who would prevail in the Pacific, and had Japan been successful at Guadalcanal nobody knows what the next move of the Japanese might have been.
		The Japanese landed on Tulagi in May to build a seaplane base, and in late June on Guadalcanal to build an airfield, threats to all of the Allied area and ships within range of land-based aircraft, constituting the initial rational for the United States to not let Guadalcanal remain in Japanese hands.
		The struggle for Guadalcanal became the great testing ground for the American will to prevail against the Japanese in the Pacific War.
	www.pacshiprev.com /page17.html (1000 words)

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		1219640655: The struggle for labor loyalty: Gompers, the A.F. of L., and the pacifists, 1917-1920
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		1219680177: The struggle for the control of the Mediterranean prior to 1848; a study in Anglo-French relations.
	www.alibris.com /books/isbns/18281 (997 words)

	Communities of Guadacanal Continue Their Struggle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The people of Guadalcanal claim that they have been pushed off their land for development projects like the mine that bring settlers and pollution.
		The claim challenging the mining lease was withdrawn on appeal while another that accused the trial judge of bias was dropped.
		In June of this year Guadalcanal community leaders demanded that the mine be shut down to allow for further review and negotiation of current agreements with a view to increased benefits for the community.
	www.moles.org /ProjectUnderground/drillbits/4_13/4.html (653 words)

	Scenarios
		The latter began with the struggle at Guadalcanal and then became the ambitious Operation Cartwheel that sought to break through the Japanese defenses in the Solomon Islands, Eastern New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago.
		The battle of Midway, which resulted in the crippling of the Japanese naval air arm, arose as a result of the ambitious plan to seize the important island base of Midway and force a decisive showdown with the American carriers which escaped the Pearl Harbor attack.
		The Japanese campaign to invade India and establish an area of control for the INA began with a diversionary attack in the Arakan peninsula (Ha-Go) and lead to the destruction of the 15th XXXX at Imphal and Kohima in the failed main invasion (U-Go).
	www.aworldatwar.com /Scenarios.htm (422 words)

	Amazon.com: The Struggle for Guadalcanal: August 1942-February 1943 (History of United States Naval Operations in World ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Naval battles of Coral Sea and Midway and the subsequent invasion of Guadalcanal and establishment of the "Cactus Air Force" made up of whatever American planes that were available to fly on any given day turned the tide in the Pacific, though with 3 more years of fighting to come.
		The remaining 6 month struggle for Guadalcanal is inspiring and very tragic for the conditions and imminent threat of death endured by those brave men.
		The Guadalcanal campaign was the most dramatic and at times the most desparate naval campaign of the war.
	www.amazon.com /Struggle-Guadalcanal-1942-February-History-Operations/dp/0785813063 (2158 words)

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		Later on, even this ship was refloated and participated in post-Midway operations.(18) Many authors have argued that the struggle for Guadalcanal, from August 1942 to February 1943, marked the turning point in the Pacific theater.(19) There are certainly sound reasons for making this argument.
		The Struggle for Guadalcanal - 7 August 1942 to 9 February 1943 The naval campaign around Guadalcanal was one of the most fierce and lengthy naval campaigns in the history of naval warfare.
		The results show the Allied productive superiority.(31) The campaign that surrounded Guadalcanal was one of the most fiercely fought battles in history, certainly in naval history.
	www.combinedfleet.com /turningp.doc (6127 words)

	Guadalcanal - Military History Bibliography
		Personal account of the landing and fighting on Guadalcanal by a news correspondent who went in with the Marines and won their respect for his courage on the island.
		Excellent reproduction of period photographs of Guadalcanal and the Marines from 1942.
		Moving novel about the Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen who fought the Guadalcanal campaign.It utilizes a surprising amount of historically accurate background for the story.
	www.waszak.com /guadalcanal.htm (1201 words)

	DD-487 Lardner
		While Lardner was serving in the screen for TF 18 steaming from the Santa Cruz Islands to Espiritu Santo, aircraft carrier Wasp (CV-7) was torpedoed and sank 16 September.
		On 30 November Lardner, as part of TF 7's five cruisers and seven destroyers, engaged the enemy off Tassafaronga in the decisive battle in the struggle for Guadalcanal.
		During March she escorted convoys between Guadalcanal and Fiji, New Hebrides, and Espiritu Santo, and in April Joined TF 15.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-487.htm (1037 words)

	World War II Database: Your WW2 History Reference Destination
		The description of the Battle of the Ridge was particularly exciting, reminding the readers that although Guadalcanal was a mere malaria infested jungle island, every inch of soil was gained at the sacrifice of lives.
		The reason why I brought that up was that the entire book was spoken from the perspective of an American, although many of his sources were Japanese war records studied after the war.
		The Struggle for Guadalcanal is a wonderful source of facts and figures for the most important campaign in the South Pacific.
	ww2db.com /read.php?read_id=38 (483 words)

	Samuel Eliot Morison / History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vols. 4 - 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is not an official history, in the ordinary sense of that term, but "Morison's history," a gripping, face-to-face encounter with the human drama of war.
		During the six months covered by Volume 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943, the U.S. Navy fought six major engagements in waters surrounding Guadalcanal, more bitter and bloody than any naval battle in American history since 1814.
		Having gained crucial victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, Allied forces committed substantially increased resources to breaking the Bismarcks barrier, a formidable net of Japanese air and naval bases stretching from the central Solomons to New Guinea, controlling all shipping between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /f01/morison.html (437 words)

	Rennell Island: January 29-30, 1943
		In May 1942, she attacked a Japanese force attempting to invade Port Moresby, New Guinea; in August, she supported the Guadalcanal landings, then survived a Japanese torpedo hit during the disastrous Battle of Savo Island (August 9, 1942).
		This force was to sweep the northerly channels of The Slot, screening a transport force carrying troops and material to Guadalcanal and relieving the long-suffering Marine 2nd Division.
		Chicago was the last major American warship lost in the struggle for Guadalcanal.
	www.cv6.org /1943/rennell/default.htm (1959 words)

	Joe Foss
		Mid-October was the low point for the Americans in the struggle for Guadalcanal.
		Foss led his 8 F-4F Marine planes and 4 Army P-38s into action and, undaunted by tremendously superior numbers, intercepted and struck with such force that 4 Japanese fighters were shot down and the bombers were turned back without releasing a single bomb.
		His remarkable flying skill, inspiring leadership, and indomitable fighting spirit were distinctive factors in the defense of strategic American positions on Guadalcanal.
	www.acepilots.com /usmc_foss.html (2733 words)

	Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle Book Reviews
		Guadalcanal was a six-month campaign where two things were broken: the back of Japan’s naval aviation, and the myth of Japanese superiority in jungle warfare.
		Frank has provided a superb narrative throughout the book, and he is very good about trying to be fair to the commanders on scene.
		The only exception to Frank’s charitable assessments of naval commanders appears to be the performance of Daniel Callaghan at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
	www.strategypage.com /bookreviews/225.asp (494 words)

	USMC Aces of World War Two
		Wildcat and Corsair pilots at Guadalcanal and the Solomons
		On his arrival on Guadalcanal, he was assigned to VMF-221 operating out of Fighter Strip 2, which typically flew Wildcats for raids on Japanese bases farther up the Solomons.
		With fuel running down, they landed back on Guadalcanal, only to receive word from the coastwatchers that a major Jap offensive was on its way.
	www.acepilots.com /usmc_aces.html (3352 words)

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