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Guadalcanal

9.42°S 160.03°E2 titles

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What happened here

On 7 August 1942 the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, and seized the unfinished Japanese airfield that became Henderson Field. For six months both sides fed troops and ships into a battle of jungle fighting, disease and night naval clashes. Army divisions took over in late 1942 and cleared the hills inland, and Japan evacuated its last troops in February 1943.

Films and series set in Guadalcanal

  1. Must-watch

    The Thin Red Line

    1998 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Landing

      Brought back from an idyllic Melanesian village where he went AWOL, Witt comes ashore with C Company, which lands without a shot and marches inland.

    2. Battle

      The company attacks up the grassy slopes into machine-gun fire, a captain refuses a suicidal order, and a small group works round to the bunker.

  2. The Pacific

    2010–2010 · Series

    Here in the story

    1. Landing

      Leckie and his company land unopposed, then face their first night attacks in the jungle along the river line.

    2. Battle

      Basilone's machine-gun section holds the line against a massive night assault on the airfield's perimeter.

Events at Guadalcanal

  1. Battle

    Guadalcanal campaign

    US Marines landed on Guadalcanal to seize a Japanese airfield under construction. Six months of fighting on land, at sea and in the air ended in Japan's withdrawal and began the Allied offensive in the Pacific.

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