Battle+of+Guadalcanal



The Battle of Guadalcanal occured August 1942 when 11,000 marines landed on this island.The Americans used the srategy of island hopping which is the process of going from island to island and killing any Japanese soldier/ person. After 5 months of fighting the Americans finally pushed the Japanese off the island.

Information provided by: America Pathways to the present pg. 617 Picture provided by: www.army.mil/cmh-pg/ brochures/72-8/map1.jpg