USA / Solomon Islands: 'Kill the Bastards', sign on a road at Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Campaign, 1943

The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.

After six months of hard combat Allied forces managed to halt the Japanese advance, driving the last of the Japanese troops into the sea on 15 January 1943. American authorities declared Guadalcanal secure on 9 February 1943.

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