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| guadalcanal definitions | |||
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| 1 | one of the solomon islands in southwest pacific, japanese building airstrip, august 1942 battle, allies won | 3 sets | |
| 2 | site of the us's first invasion of japanese-held territory. in august 1942, the japaense attacked the american forces with four savage attacks and were repulsed, with horrendous losses on both sides. | 2 sets | |
| 3 | begin pushing back on japans land control | 2 sets | |
| 4 | 1st major victory over j., after 6mo bitter fighting | 2 sets | |
| 5 | one of the solomon islands, where the first allied offensive in the pacific took place. | 2 sets | |
| 6 | site of the us's first invasion of japanese held territory. in august 1942, the japanese attacked the american forces with our four savage attacks and were repulsed, with horrendous losses on both sides. | 2 sets | |
| 7 | a battle in world war ii in the pacific (1942-1943) | 2 sets | |
| 8 | was fought between august 7, 1942 and february 9, 1943 in the pacific theater of world war ii. fiercely contested on the ground, at sea, and in the air, the campaign was the first major offensive launched by allied forces against the empire of japan. | 1 set | |
| 9 | 1st us conquest of japan territory | 1 set | |
| 10 | this was one of 3 islands that america attacked in its first offensive maneuver. the struggle lasted for six months and both sides suffered heavy losses. eventually, the japanese had to give up the island and thus their hope for an effective offensive of the south. | 1 set | |
| 11 | victory here, marked the beginning of an island hopping campaign | 1 set | |
| 12 | first u.s. land victory over the japanese | 1 set | |
| 13 | place wher the allies began their counteroffensive in the south pacific | 1 set | |
| 14 | site of the us's first invasion of japanese-held territory. in august 1942, the japanese attacked the american forces with four savage attacks and were repulsed, with horrendous tosses on both sides. | 1 set | |
| 15 | battle that started island hopping. | 1 set | |
| 16 | american soldiers stranded | 1 set | |
| 17 | southern island of the solomons, site of an airfield and fierce fighting | 1 set | |
| 18 | henderson field | 1 set | |
| 19 | first invasion on japanese held territories | 1 set | |
| 20 | solomon island where the first allied offensive took place, defeating japan | 1 set | |
| 21 | a six month long fight on sea and land and during it japan lost 23,000 men out of 36,000 and they abandoned "the island of death", the allied troops drove japanese forces from the pacific island of guadalcanal | 1 set | |
| 22 | first island where we defeated the japanese | 1 set | |
| 23 | 1st us conquest of japanese territory | 1 set | |
| 24 | site of th us's first invasion of japanese-held territory | 1 set | |
| 25 | american forces assaulted this southern solomon island and a ferocious struggle lasted for six months inflicting heavy losses on both the japanese and americans. | 1 set | |
| 26 | lead to military stratige island hopping, us defeated japan in the pacific | 1 set | |
| 27 | where island hoppoing began, japanese constructed airfields here, american victory. | 1 set | |
| 28 | aug 42'- feb. 43'. first offensive launched by the allied forces on japan. | 1 set | |
| 29 | american troops landed japanese had a quick response, america ended up gaining territory. troops built up to 50,000 men 2,000 ended up dead and 4,000 wounded. u.s victory | 1 set | |
| 30 | the battle for this island was a turning point in the pacific theatre | 1 set | |
| 31 | largest solomon island us victory over japanese | 1 set | |
| 32 | became the base of a counterattack for the us marines after a long battle | 1 set | |
| 33 | one of the solomon islands | 1 set | |
| 34 | first u.s. invasion of japanese-held territory(august 1942). | 1 set | |
| 35 | first island hopping battle. | 1 set | |
| 36 | in the soloman islands where the us marines landed | 1 set | |
| 37 | the allies fought for six months on this island to keep the japanese from completing an airfield 8/42-2/43 | 1 set | |
| 38 | name the solomon island where a battle took place. | 1 set | |
| 39 | solomon islands bloddy battle large loss of lives | 1 set | |
| 40 | aug 1942, solomon islands - bloody, large loss of life - us victory | 1 set | |