Guadalcanal Operation. Volume 5
Abstract
The Tulagi-Guadalcanal operation was an enterprise launched in the South Pacific at a critical time in the summer of 1942. Repulsed in the Coral Sea and again at Midway, the enemy seemed prepared for a third attempt to sever sea communications between Australasia and the American continent. This fresh effort, less dramatic than its forerunners, was apparently to take the form of a steady, step by step, progression down the islands of the Solomons chain to reach and destroy our bases in the new Hebrides and new Caledonia. The decision of the United Nations to attack was based upon larger reasons unknown to this headquarters, reasons of the most compelling nature, it must be presumed, for seldom has an operation been begun under more disadvantageous circumstances.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1943
- Accession Number
- ADA587855