✦ History

Guadalcanal campaign

August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943

Result Allied victory

First major Allied offensive against Japan, fought for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. US forces landed in August 1942 and held the island through months of land, sea and air battles until Japan withdrew in February 1943.

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Battles 10

August 7–9, 1942
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo Allied victory Tulagi Alexander Vandegrift, William H. Rupertus
August 21, 1942
Battle of the Tenaru Allied victory Guadalcanal Alexander Vandegrift, Harukichi Hyakutake, Kiyonao Ichiki
August 24–25, 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons American victory Frank Jack Fletcher, Chūichi Nagumo, Nobutake Kondō
September 12–14, 1942
Battle of Edson's Ridge Allied victory Guadalcanal Alexander Vandegrift, Harukichi Hyakutake
September 23 – October 9, 1942
Actions along the Matanikau September action: Japanese victory; October action: American victory Guadalcanal Alexander Vandegrift, Harukichi Hyakutake
October 25–27, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Chūichi Nagumo, Nobutake Kondō, George Dominic Murray
November 30, 1942
Battle of Tassafaronga Japanese victory Tassafaronga Point Carleton H. Wright, Mahlon Tisdale, Laurence A. Abercrombie
December 4, 1942
Carlson's patrol Allied victory Guadalcanal Alexander Vandegrift, Harukichi Hyakutake
January 14 – February 7, 1943
Operation Ke Japanese victory Guadalcanal Isoroku Yamamoto, J. Lawton Collins, Nathan F. Twining
January 29–30, 1943
Battle of Rennell Island Japanese victory Rennell Island William Halsey Jr., Jinichi Kusaka, Robert C. Giffen

Key commanders

Allies 18

Chester W. Nimitz military commander Frank Jack Fletcher military commander Alexander Vandegrift military commander Robert L. Ghormley military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander Richmond K. Turner military commander Thomas Cassin Kinkaid military commander George Dominic Murray military commander Carleton H. Wright military commander Mahlon Tisdale military commander Laurence A. Abercrombie military commander J. Lawton Collins military commander Nathan F. Twining military commander Alexander M. Patch military commander Aubrey Fitch military commander Clifton Bledsoe Cates military commander Robert C. Giffen military commander William H. Rupertus military commander

Axis 9

Isoroku Yamamoto military commander Chūichi Nagumo military commander Nobutake Kondō military commander Harukichi Hyakutake military commander Jinichi Kusaka military commander Hitoshi Imamura military commander Chūichi Hara military commander Hiroaki Abe military commander Kiyonao Ichiki military commander