On 9 February 1943 two American columns met at the village of Tenaro, near Cape Esperance, and Major General Alexander Patch reported the total defeat of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, ending a six-month campaign. They found only stragglers: in three night runs Japanese destroyers had already taken off more than 10,000 men.
The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942 to 1943: the Pacific turns
9 February 1943 · 83 years ago
After stopping Japan at the Coral Sea and Midway, the Allies went over to the attack. On 7 August 1942 US Marines landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands and seized a half-built Japanese airfield, which they named Henderson Field. Holding that airfield became the key to the whole campaign.
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9 February 1904 · 122 years ago
A Japanese squadron under Rear Admiral Uryū Sotokichi attacked the Russian cruiser Varyag and an old gunboat at Chemulpo, now Incheon, at the opening of the Russo-Japanese War. No ship sank in the fighting itself, but the beaten Russians scuttled their own vessels.
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