The Struggle for Guadalcanal

A monumental series of battles between the Americans and the Japanese Empire occurred between August 7, 1942 and February 8, 1943 that changed the course of the War in the Pacific.

Get an introduction to this vital part of World War II history on this web site.
Learn about the battles, the American and Japanese leaders, and the ships that decided the fate of Guadalcanal.

If you wish to learn more about what happened at Guadalcanal, my book entitled:
Morning of the Rising Sun:
The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal
is available for purchase.
Click the buttons on the lower left of this web page to go to the store’s web page to order your copy.

You can also order a copy bearing my personal autograph. Click here or the “Autographed Copy” button at the top of this page.

If you wish to see the latest prices of the different formats of my book, click here.

This web site’s purpose is to introduce this tremendous struggle that began just eight months after Pearl Harbor and ended just six months later when the last Japanese soldier left the island. If you wish to know more about the depth and richness of the history of this cataclysmic event, my new book will be a good source.

I hope you enjoy the web site and will have the same opinion of my book.

Kenneth I. Friedman, Ph.D.

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