Battle of GuadalcanalAlphabet Book

By: Jake Singer

August

The war between the Allies and the Japanese Empire broke out August 7, 1942

Boat Reliance

The American air superiority forced the Japanese to rely on barges, destroyers and submarines. This made it very long and tiredsome trip and harder to defeat the already landed americans. The Americans would just set up shop along the beaches and fire as the came to shore

Casualties

Allies- 7,100 killed4 captured29 ships lost615 aircraft lost[6]

Japanese-31,000 killed1,000 captured38 ships lost683–880 aircraft lost

Daniel J. Callaghan

Admiral in charge of the naval attacks on the Japanese which showed a clear superior force in these battles.

Empire of Japan

February

The Guadalcanal campaign ends February 9, 1943

Guadalcanal Campaign

2nd major offensive of the Pacific Wars. Fought to maintain the goals to capture all Pacific Islands

Henderson Field Battle

Japanese delived 15,000 men to the island thinking that the Americans only had 10,000. We had 23,000 men. Americans launched unexpected attack.3,000 Japanese casualties to the 80 American casualties.

Importance

Japanese Air Force Station Strategic plan of the allies to protect Australia, and protect convoy routes of the United States.

Jungles

Island was made up of dense tropical forests and swampsTemperatures reached up to 90 degreesInsects carried loads of diseasesVery difficult place to fight

Ke Evacuation

This was the mass evacuation of Soloman Islands by the Japanese Empire that marked an Allies victory in the Soloman Islands

Long Battles

This battle ended up being one of the most longest battles in the Pacific(7 months).Most of the deaths in this war wasnt released publicly because of the huge numbers. Long because of how long it would take the Japanese to get there.

Map

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Since the Japanese used mostly ships to travel to the islands, the Americans planned a naval attack on themAllies won without a doubt

Ocean's Island Hopping

The allies during this Pacific War would take over one island and then jump to the next closest island.Guadalcanal was in the midst of these activites.

Pacific (HBO)HBO Miniseries directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Focused on Marine Corps in the Pacific WarBattle of Guadalcanal was a couple episodes

Quit

The Japanese just refused to quit when they could have saved thousands of lives when the battle was for sure over

Rookies

The Americans sent many untrained and young adults to fight in these battlesThey stood their ground and fought off the very spirited Japanese.

Soloman Islands

Guadalcanal was one of the many islands considered in the Soloman IslandsSouth Pacific towards Australia. Key Islands Under Japans rule

Teamed up

Allies-60,000 men ground forces Japan-36,000 men ground forces

Uniting

This war marked the uniting of all the American Forces(Marines, Navy)They didnt get along when the shared the IslandsThey would steal each others supplies because they had very few Steal clothing because theres would get soaked with the swamps they were in

Vandegrift

Alexander Vandegrift recieved the Medal of Honor for leading the 1st Marine Division in the first offensive of Guadalcanal. First general to hold the rank of four-stage general while fighting activly.

World War II Impact

Long battle that killed off a lot of JapaneseThese islands was huge for the Japanese air force and the allies took it over.Japanese suffered a large set back of members of the army

XIV Army Corps

This division led the way of the final shootings in this Battle.

Yamamoto

Isoroku Yamamota was Japans best Naval Marshall General that led the Japanese to clear defeat against the Allies in the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal.

Zealous

The Japanese were zealous, meening they were devoted to their countryThe Japanese would never give up until they were all dead

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_guadalcanal#Ke_evacuation http://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=0030779596 http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/72-8/72-8.htm