Guadalcanal campaign

When

9 Feb 1943

Kind

Event

Coordinates

9.42° S, 160.00° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Guadalcanal campaign.

WWII: The Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands ends with United States forces in command of Guadalcanal, the evacuation of Japanese forces in Operation Ke having been completed two days earlier.

U.S. military campaign in World War II

The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943, and involved major land and naval battles on and surrounding the island of Guadalcanal.

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