The Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought between August 7th of 1942 and February 9th of 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal of the Solomon Island chain, in the Pacific theater ...

whom had just invaded Guadalcanal two days before. A US Navy strategical and tactical analysis of the battle, which was published in 1950, praised the commanding Japanese admiral, Gunichi Mikawa ...