Japan withdrawals troops from Guadalcanal in February 1943

Category
War
Place
Japan
Date
1943
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
The Marines had landed in August 1942. "The ensuing land and naval battles of Guadalcanal would continue for six full months, irrevocably crippling the Japanese navy air force and marking the first true turning point in the Pacific war." [Hirohito, p. 455]

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World War II
1939
1945
Wars