2. August
The war between the Allies and the Japanese Empire
broke out August 7, 1942
3. Boat Reliance
The American air superiority forced the Japanese to rely on
barges, destroyers and submarines.
This made it very long and tiredsome trip and harder to
defeat the already landed americans.
The Americans would just set up shop along the beaches
and fire as the came to shore
4. Casualties
Allies- 7,100 killed
4 captured
29 ships lost
615 aircraft lost[6]
Japanese-
31,000 killed
1,000 captured
38 ships lost
683–880 aircraft lost
5. Daniel J. Callaghan
Admiral in charge of the naval attacks on the Japanese
which showed a clear superior force in these battles.
8. Guadalcanal Campaign
2nd major offensive of the Pacific Wars.
Fought to maintain the goals to capture all Pacific Islands
9. Henderson Field Battle
Japanese delived 15,000 men to the island thinking that the
Americans only had 10,000. We had 23,000 men.
Americans launched unexpected attack.
3,000 Japanese casualties to the 80 American casualties.
10. Importance
Japanese Air Force Station
Strategic plan of the allies to protect Australia, and protect
convoy routes of the United States.
11. Jungles
Island was made up of dense tropical forests and swamps
Temperatures reached up to 90 degrees
Insects carried loads of diseases
Very difficult place to fight
12. Ke Evacuation
This was the mass evacuation of Soloman Islands
by the Japanese Empire that marked an Allies
victory in the Soloman Islands
13. Long Battles
This battle ended up being one of the most longest battles
in the Pacific(7 months).
Most of the deaths in this war wasnt released publicly
because of the huge numbers.
Long because of how long it would take the Japanese to
get there.
15. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Since the Japanese used mostly ships to travel to the
islands, the Americans planned a naval attack on them
Allies won without a doubt
16. Ocean's Island Hopping
The allies during this Pacific War would take over one island
and then jump to the next closest island.
Guadalcanal was in the midst of these activites.
17. Pacific (HBO)
HBO Miniseries directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom
Hanks
Focused on Marine Corps in the Pacific War
Battle of Guadalcanal was a couple episodes
18. Quit
The Japanese just refused to quit when they could have
saved thousands of lives when the battle was for sure over
19. Rookies
The Americans sent many untrained and young adults to
fight in these battles
They stood their ground and fought off the very spirited
Japanese.
20. Soloman Islands
Guadalcanal was one of the many islands considered in the
Soloman Islands
South Pacific towards Australia.
Key Islands Under Japans rule
22. Uniting
This war marked the uniting of all the American Forces
(Marines, Navy)
They didnt get along when the shared the Islands
They would steal each others supplies because they had
very few
Steal clothing because theres would get soaked with the
swamps they were in
23. Vandegrift
Alexander Vandegrift recieved the Medal of Honor for
leading the 1st Marine Division in the first offensive of
Guadalcanal.
First general to hold the rank of four-stage general while
fighting activly.
24. World War II Impact
Long battle that killed off a lot of Japanese
These islands was huge for the Japanese air
force and the allies took it over.
Japanese suffered a large set back of members of
the army
25. XIV Army Corps
This division led the way of the final shootings in
this Battle.
26. Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamota was Japans best Naval Marshall
General that led the Japanese to clear defeat against the
Allies in the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal.
27. Zealous
The Japanese were zealous, meening they were devoted to
their country
The Japanese would never give up until they were all dead
