AMERICAN HISTORY

Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle



Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle

Introduction

Richard B. Frank was born in Kansas in the year 1947. He is an American lawyer by profession and a military historian too. In 1969, he completed his graduation from the University of Missouri. He also served in the United States Army for four years. He was a platoon leader in 101 Airborne Division during the much maligned Vietnam War.

Frank has been a writer of various articles and books regarding the World War II expedition of Pacific, which includes “Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle”. The Battle of Guadalcanal, whose importance is often overlooked in terms of Midway, however, is undoubtedly the decisive battle of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was a six-month long military campaign which broke the back of Janise Naval Aviation. It also put an end to superiority of Japanese in guerrilla warfare. The book of Richard B. Frank provides a definitive account of the naval battle; also exposes the confrontation of nearly 6 months.

Discussion

The battle at Guadalcanal, which started eight months after the famous Pearl Harbor military clash, marks the historic landmark in the American Military History. It was the first American attack during World War II. The battle was a fierce six-month long was a brutal six-month expedition, which took lives of approximately 7000 Americans and about 30,000 Japanese. The battle ground was sea, land and air (Deblanc, 2008). The battle was fought with an unimaginable fierce intensity that escalated to sustained violence of highest degree. The book took ten years of writing, and it provides detailed recount of the full story of this vital military expedition of Guadalcanal. It is mainly based on initial translations of Japanese Defense Department's official accounts and the Radio Intelligence of U.S., which was declassified.

According to the author, Richard B. Frank, this battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in the war context of World War II. The author has put in extensive research, and it has made the account of the battle detailed and relevant. The writer has managed to annotate with precision the motives, moves and offensive actions of both the Japanese and American military on the sea, land and air (Frank, 1992). He also provides detailed analysis of reactions and moves of the Japanese forces in relation to the various initiatives and offensive and defensive responses of American military forces.

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