USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. 1st Marine Division poured ashore on August 7 and secured Guadalcanal’s airfield, Tulagi’s harbour, and neighbouring islands by dusk on August 8-the Pacific war’s first major Allied offensive.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the night of February 7, 1943 the last Japanese forces were evacuated from Guadalcanal. Over the seven months of the Guadalcanal campaign, U.S. forces took startlingly high casualties, with 7, 100 dead and almost 8, 000 wounded.

Detailed explanation-3: -American forces first landed on the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida on the morning of August 7, 1942. After some fierce fighting, the US Marines cleared Tulagi and Florida by August 9.