Battle Analysis Methodolgy Paper

Guadalcanal, assault for (1942-3). A British ownership since annexation in 1893, Guadalcanal is one of the biggest of the south assembly of Solomon Islands, and its occupation in early 1942 brands the limit of Japanese expansion in the south-west Pacific. The south Solomons override New Guinea and in Japanese hands supplied the springboard for an attack of Australia; thus their ownership was crucial for both sides. Just as the Japanese, with attack designs in brain, begun to move mighty forces into the locality, a force of US Marines set down on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942, grabbing the ...