War in the Pacific WW2: Relive the Dogfights of Guadalcanal ( Video )

DOGFIGHT OVER GUADALCANAL

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DogFight – Guadalcanal

On August 7, 1942, the opening day of the Guadalcanal campaign, American forces began shelling Guadalcanal and neighboring Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. It was the beginning of a U.S. push to capture the Japanese-controlled islands in the Pacific. Success was critical because the Japanese were rushing to complete a landing strip that would be a major threat to Allied shipping lanes between Australia and America.