Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal Animation

The guadalcanal campaign also known as the battle of guadalcanal and codenamed operation watchtower by american forces was a military campaign fought between 7 august 1942 and 9 february 1943 on and around the island of guadalcanal in the pacific theater of world war ii.

Naval battle of guadalcanal animation. See how the us navy tried to create the ultimate cruiser killer ship. Harold ward oral history. Secreats revelead about one of the most important naval battles of wwii. Join james hornfischer author of neptune s inferno.

In the six months between august 1942 and february 1943 the united states and its pacific allies fought a brutally hard air sea land campaign against the japanese for possession of the previously. Naval history and heritage command. The naval battle of guadalcanal sometimes referred to as the third and fourth battles of savo island the battle of the solomons the battle of friday the 13th or in japanese sources the third battle of the solomon sea 第三次ソロモン海戦 dai san ji soromon kaisen took place from 12 15 november 1942 and was the decisive. Fast powerful and short lived the alaska class large cruisers of the us navy in world war ii were both state of the art and obsolete at the same time.