The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a multi-day battle that would see more than 1,700 Americans killed, began on this day in history, Nov. 12, 1942. Guadalcanal is the largest island in the Solomon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked ...

In the dark waters off Guadalcanal, Japan expected night combat to favor its trained lookouts, torpedoes, and close-range ...

A line in Australian coast watcher Martin Clemens’ diary for Aug. 7, 1942, reads, “Oh! What a day!” On that day, Clemens saw many of the almost 19,000 U.S. Marines from 82 ships jump out of crude ...

After a massive air and naval bombardment early on August 7, 1942, some 11,000 US Marines stormed the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern part of the Solomon Islands. Coming ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: This Chinese Navy analysis assesses that Japan’s mistakes in the Guadalcanal campaign were partly a failure to reckon with the true significance of the Midway battle ...

Between Aug. 7, 1942, and Feb. 9, 1943, U.S. forces sought to capture – and then defend – the Pacific island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese military. What started as an amphibious landing quickly ...

U.S. Marines, with full battle kits, charge ashore on Guadalcanal Island from a landing barge during the early phase of the U.S. offensive in the Solomon Islands in Aug. 1942, during World War II.

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

Learn World War II history with a classic hex-and-counter digital war game covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, in the South Pacific and Central Pacific in 1942-1943. Carrier Battles 4 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal: Pacific War Naval Warfare CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the ...