Operation KE: The Cactus Air Force and the Japanese Withdrawal from Guadalcanal

Fight to the Death
The battle of Guadalcanal brutally shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility. August 7, 1942, marked the first American amphibious assault of World...

The Battle for Guadalcanal
Launched on August 7, 1942, to protect Allied control of the strategic South Pacific islands, the Guadalcanal operation was the most costly American o...

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO...

Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-1945 (2) (Osprey New Vanguard 202)
During the Pacific War the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were larger and, in most case...

Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942 (Osprey Raid 44)
On August 17–18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps’ 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island i...