Guadalcanal Campaign World War II Database. Aug 1. 94. 2 - 9 Feb 1. Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww. This article deals particularly with the events taking place on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. For details on the Solomons Campaign, please see this article. Landing at Guadalcanal: 7 Aug 1.

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Even before one drop of blood had been spilled on its fecund soil or a single corpse buried in it," Dan van der Vat said, "Guadalcanal stank". Even Morison, the US Navy's own historian, used the self- coined word "faecaloid" to describe the humid jungle island. When asked about the conditions on the island, United States Marine Corps veteran and author William Manchester said "[m]ove a thousand yards inland. Just be sure you take a compass and leave a Hansel- and- Gretel trail behind you. If you don't you will die." Such was the awful conditions that Japanese and American men fought in.

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Before the Japanese began constructing an airfield on Guadalcanal, the island was mostly ignored even by the Japanese occupiers. At the evidence of such an airfield being constructed, however, the mosquito and disease- plagued island, with the waters around it, soon became a hotly contested zone for the next six months.

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On 7 August 1. 94. US First Marine Division landed on the island of Guadalcanal successfully albeit amateurish amphibious landing techniques (this was one of the first amphibious assaults in the war). The landers lacked information about the terrain, the tide, and the weather; some of the Marines were even wielding WW1- era rifles. On 0. 91. 0 that morning, two battalions of the Fifth Marine Regiment established a 2,0. American control. Watch By The Sea Full Movie. Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, the newly installed commander of the Japanese Eighth Fleet based at Rabaul, ordered an air assault on the Allied ships, but did not meet success.

Mikawa then gathered every ship he could find and start sailing south. Some days ago, Mikawa actually had already sent six transports filled with troops for Guadalcanal. While in transit, Meiyo Maru was attacked by American submarine S- 3.

Lieutenant Commander H. G. Munson, sinking her with a loss of 3. The rest of the transports turned back for Rabaul. Had this transport mission succeeded, the fight on the island of Guadalcanal would be much tougher for the American Marines.

The airfield was named Henderson Field after Lofton Henderson, a Marine pilot lost during the Battle of Midway. The Japanese troops continued to shell the field with artillery, attempting to destroy or recapture the field. Bombers from Rabaul, despite constant Allied attack on that Japanese air field, were sent to attack Henderson as well. However, Allied engineers were able to keep the field available for aircraft to land and take off. Meanwhile, the American Marines slowly drove back the land elements of the Japanese forces on the island with superior firepower. The Americans held on to Henderson Field, but the Marines there felt helpless due to the lack of adequate naval support while the Japanese controlled the sea.

Battle of Savo Island. Aug 1. 94. 2 ww. 2dbase. A few moments after midnight during the early morning of 9 August 1. Mikawa's fleet of aging cruisers and two destroyers arrived at the southern shore of Savo Island.

He launched a night attack against the Allied fleet which consisted of American and Australian ships. The Japanese fleet sneaked by the destroyer USS Blue, but maintained stealth because Blue's lookouts committed a common mistake of lookouts: they scanned in every direction for hostile ships except for the sea behind them. The tired American sailors, who had been under constant stress for days, also gave Mikawa a greater ability to maintain undetected. The American forces were divided into three groups. Ironbottom Sound. Mikawa's task force was consisted of the following: CA Chokai.

CA Aoba. CA Kako. CA Kinugasa. CA Furutaka. CL Tenryu. CL Yubari. Watch Mississippi Burning Online Hitfix.

DD Yunagi ww. 2dbase. At 0. 13. 7, Mikawa's radar- less ships launched torpedoes toward the American ships at the distance of about 5,0. About this time, American destroyer Patterson sighted the Japanese ships and sent out the broadcast "Warning- Warning: Strange Ships Entering Harbor!" But the warning was not announced in time. At 0. 14. 3, before the torpedoes struck, the Japanese guns opened up. Very soon after, the Australian cruiser Canberra was struck by two torpedoes on her starboard side; it was immediately followed by a hit by shells, which mortally wounded Captain Getting of the ship. Canberra sank five minutes later.

Torpedoes reached the American cruiser Chicago a little bit later, giving her a chance to fire a few more rounds out of her 5- inch guns, but she still could not escape the fate of being struck by the Japanese torpedoes. She was then hit by a shell which caused little damage, but did start a fire that marked her as a target for Japanese guns. Chicago and Patterson continued to fight bravely, but they committed a great mistake: they did not ensure the group immediately north of them that they had engaged the Japanese. The notification did not go out until 0.

The heavy cruiser Vincennes of the northern group was sailing in calm waters with the other ships in a box patrol formation when she was suddenly illuminated by Japanese spotlights. She was attacked first by shells, then was struck by a torpedo launched long before. Mikawa's cruisers, split up to two columns by mistake, surrounded the Allied ships on both sides and opened fire with their guns. Aboard the cruiser Astoria, damage control officer Lieutenant Commander Topper felt the concussions of the southern battle a few minutes before, but shook it off as distant destroyers launching depth charges.

Astoria did not realize they were under attack until they were illuminated by Japanese star shells. They turned their guns and started firing, but momentarily the firing was ceased because the captain of the ship, who had just been awakened, feared that they were firing on friendly ships in all the confusion.

Astoria was soon hit by an 8- in salvo, and the fire marked her as a clear target for Japanese ships under the night sky. The cruiser Quincy probably received the worst attack among these cruisers. Illuminated by Japanese searchlights, the Japanese sailors laughed us they noticed Quincy's guns were all trained in. They had caught her completely by surprise. We continued the battle very easy minded, without any worries," commented the executive officer of Chokai after this discovery. Quincy's seaplane catapult was struck quickly, creating a torch to mark her location, therefore the searchlights were no longer necessary.

She eventually sank at 0. Fearing an American retaliatory attack by air at daybreak, Mikawa turned his two columns to port and returned westwards.

By this action, he had failed to attack his primary targets: the poorly defended Allied transports off Lunga Point, loaded with vital food and ammunition that the American Marines desperately needed to fight on Guadalcanal. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet personally noted his displeasure for this failure, though Mikawa argued that he had already expended all his torpedoes, therefore it was not worthwhile to risk the Allied air raid at daybreak to commence the attack on the transports. What Mikawa did not realize was that American Admiral Frank Fletcher's carrier group had left the general vicinity only a day ago, therefore American retaliation by air actually would not had been a concern. The Japanese fleet sailed back to New Ireland with minor damage and utmost pride, however, only 7. Kavieng, cruiser Kako was sank by American submarine S- 4. Lieutenant Commander John R.

Moore with four torpedoes. The American submarine escaped easily.

The final tally heavily favored the Japanese. Mikawa's forces suffered a destroyed torpedo tube on Aoba, a destroyed chart room on Chokai, a storeroom flooded by a shell hole and some damage to turret number one and port steering control room on Kinugasa, and the cruiser Kako sank.

Here's A 1. 93. 2 MG J2 That Was Just Found In A World War II Artillery Position. While digging at a site in Larkhill, England—about 8. London and long a garrison town—some archaeologists recently found what was left of a 1. MG J2, one of only 2,0. And it’s been there since at least around World War II. Project car, anybody? The car, the BBC reports, was likely used by troops who were at Larkhill to train, and had been in use for decades before it was left for dead in a weapons pit.

From the BBC: Damien Campbell- Bell, of Wessex Archaeology, described the find as “a real surprise”.[..]“We can tell from the tyre pattern the car was probably in use until the early 1. Mr Campbell- Bell said he thinks the car had been dismantled for repair by a local soldier, but was then seemingly abandoned. And here’s some fun with a 3. D model of the excavation: 1.

MG J2 car excavation, Larkhill by Wessex Archaeology on Sketchfab. If you’re curious what the car might’ve looked like in its prime, here’s a photo, though restoring the Larkhill one to its former glory would be a pretty epic restoration project. I think one of you should go for it.(h/t Sarah Laskow/Atlas Obscura).