The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked the first American offensive in the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese ...

Eighty years ago, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It was the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, and it began to roll back the Japanese advance. The ...

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A line in Australian coast watcher Martin Clemens’ diary for Aug. 7, 1942, reads, “Oh! What a day!” On that day, Clemens saw many of the almost 19,000 U.S. Marines from 82 ships jump out of crude ...

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...

Last week the Japs had a big edge on naval strength in the South Pacific. This week that edge had been whittled down, particularly in the vital cruiser category. As if to answer critics of the Navy , ...

From July 2 to 23, audiences will be able to embark on a rare, real-time exploration of the watery graves that tell the tale of the naval battles that spelled the difference between victory and defeat ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal: Pacific War Naval Warfare CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the ...