Solomon Islands campaign

<nowiki>Campaña de las Islas Salomón; Salomon Uharteetako Kanpaina; campaña de les Islles Salomón; Кампания на Соломоновых островах; Kampagne um die Salomonen; Кампанія на Саламонавых астравах; لشکرکشی جزایر سلیمان; 索羅門群島戰役; Felttoget på Salomonøerne; Solomon Adaları Savaşı; ソロモン諸島の戦い; המערכה באיי שלמה; 索羅門群島戰役; 所羅門群島戰役; Salomonsaarten taistelut; Kampanjo de Salomonoj; சாலமன் தீவுகள் தொடர் சமர்; campagna delle isole Salomone; Campagne des îles Salomon; Drugi svjetski rat na Salomonskim Otocima; Chiến dịch quần đảo Solomon; Битка за Соломонова острва; Campanha deis Illas Salamon; Kampanye militer Kepulauan Solomon; Кампанія на Соломонових островах; Solomon Islands campaign; Slag om de Salomonseilanden; Campanha nas Ilhas Salomão; Кампания при Соломоновите острови; การทัพหมู่เกาะโซโลมอน; Campanya de les illes Salomó; Solomon Islands campaign; حملة جزر سليمان; Campania din insulele Solomon; სოლომონის კუნძულების კამპანია; 1942 major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II; campagne militaire majeure alliée englobant plusieurs opérations distinctes (1942-1945), Guerre du Pacifique; Campana de las islas Salomon; Batalla de las Salomon Orientales; Campana de las Islas Salomón; Campaña de las islas Salomon; ソロモン沖海戦; ソロモン諸島の戦闘; Campagne des iles Salomon; Campanha das Ilhas Salomão; ศึกหมู่เกาะโซโลมอน; Salomonsaarten taistelu; Salomonsaarten sotaretki; Salomonsaarten valtaus; batalla de les Islles Salomón</nowiki>

Solomon Islands campaign 

1942 major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II
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Instance of	military campaign
Part of	Pacific War
Location	Solomon Islands
Point in time	January 1942
Start time	21 January 1942
End time	21 August 1945
Authority file  Q1759161 Library of Congress authority ID: sh2002005425 BabelNet ID: 02834688n National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007542254005171 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file Search depicted

Maps

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  Solomon Islands. Map annotated by Alex_lbh. Battles of the Solomon campaign in 1942 and 1943.
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  Solomon Islands. Map annotated by Alex_lbh. Battles of the Solomon campaign in 1942.
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  Solomon Islands. Map annotated by Alex_lbh. Battles of the Solomon campaign in 1943.
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  The Solomon Islands - 1943
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  Guadalcanal
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  Battles around Guadalcanal 1942.
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  Solomon Islands. New Georgia Sound (the Slot)
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  Solomon Islands. Landings at New Georgia.
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  Wrecks in the Ironbottom Sound
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  Organization of Allied South Pacific area, June 1943.

Action

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  The USS Wasp torpedoed on September 15 1942. After this, the only remaining carrier in Pacific for a while was the Hornet (Enterprise and Saratoga were being repaired).
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  A US Marine Corps M2A4 "Stuart" light tank is hoisted from Alchiba (AK-23) into a LCM(2) landing craft, off the Guadalcanal invasion beaches on the first day of landings there, 7 August 1942.
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  U.S. Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal, circa August-December 1942
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  A wounded soldier is being assisted down a steep jungle hillside, then through the jungle to the river and by boat and ambulance to a nearby hospital. Guadalcanal, 1/15/43. Soldier of 25th Division, 35th Infantry. Down Matanikan River
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  The High Command assembled on Guadalcanal in 1943, during the planning for the Northern Solomons campaign, this group includes many officers who played important roles in the operations to come. In the front row, left to right, are: Brigadier General A. F. Howard, Rear Admiral Theodore Wilkinson, USN, Major General Charles D..Barrett, and Major General Robert S. Beightler, USA
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  Litter bearers give first aid to two men wounded by grenades while on patrol on Guadalcanal. Even when under direct fire of the enemy the bearers continue to care for and carry out the wounded. They are commanded by Major General Alexander M. Patch, Jr. 25th Medical BN., 25th Division. 10 January 1945
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  AirSols aircraft on a bombing mission early 1943.