1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands

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Operation	1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands

Start YMDHM	01:00
Depicted In Image
Included In Activity	Directive: 1942 Jul 02 United States Directive Seizure Of New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea
Provoked By Thing	1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing SR Operation Lae Salamaua
Provoke Thing	1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands 1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands
Activity Type	Operation
Conducted By Country	United States
Conducted Against Country	Japan
Contained In Theatre Of War	Pacific Theatre
Directed By Area Command	US South Pacific
Operation Type	Landing
Activity Class	Major
Completeness	Order Of Battle Complete \| Units Entered

	Alias	Details
	Operation Watchtower	Aim: To deny the area to the Japanese, in particular to stop the completion of the airfield on Guadalcanal and to remove the seaplane base on Tulagi. To use the area for further offensive operations in the Solomon Islands. Results: The Japanese were taken by surprise and the landing was almost unopposed. The final capture of the island took six months and much bitter fighting.

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Depicted In Image	3) 1: Included In Place	4) 3: Depicted In Image	5) 1: Location Of Facility
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands		Solomon Islands
Tulagi, Solomon Islands		Solomon Islands		JPN Seaplane Base Tulagi, Solomon Islands

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1:	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as Page Reference
History Of USN Operations In WW2 Vol 04	N	264	N
The Battle For Guadalcanal	N

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