Operation Watchtower - Guadalcanal
Part 1 of a look back at a series of stories on the first land operations by US forces in the Pacific, and the accompanying battles at sea and in the air
The invasion of Guadalcanal1 by the US Marines in August 1942 broke some basic rules for amphibious warfare. The US did not have command of the seas around the Solomon Islands, and they did not prevail in the skies above.
There was a clea…
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