Guadalcanal





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 * PURPOSE:** On August 7, 1942, Allied forces, predominantly American, initiated landings on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tugali, and Florida (Nggela Sule) in the southern Solomon Islands with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese as bases to threaten supply routes between the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
 * IMPORTANCE:** The Guadalcanal campaign marked the first significant strategic combined arms victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theater
 * ~ Allies ||~ Japanese ||
 * < 7,100 killed ||= 31,000 killed ||
 * < 4 Captured ||= 1,000 Captured ||
 * < 29 Ships Lost ||= 38 Ships Lost ||
 * < 615 aircraft lost ||= 683–880 aircraft lost ||