GUADALCANAL: The Essential Victory -- Images of War Series

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Details the Guadalcanal and Tulagi campaign, where Allied forces halted Japanese expansion in the South Pacific. Details how after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese quickly captured Hong Kong, Guam, Wake Island, the Gilbert Islands, and Rabaul. Despite a strategic American naval victory at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway, Japanese naval troops invaded Tulagi Island and nearby islets off the coast of Florida Island to construct a seaplane and naval base. Guadalcanal became the essential struggle between Allied and Japanese forces, with the victor to eventually control the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Contains 200 mono illustrations.