Battle of Savo Island - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen), and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, [4][5] was a naval battle of the Solomon Islands campaign ...
Savo Island - Wikipedia
WEBSavo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of Solomon Islands. It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the national capital of Honiara. The …
First Battle of Savo Island: The U.S. Navy’s Worst Defeat
WEBA United States naval task force bearing the U.S. 1st Marine Division arrived off Guadalcanal, in the eastern Solomon Islands, on the morning of August 7, 1942, and launched the first American offensive operation of World War II.
Battle of Savo Island - NHHC
WEBThe Japanese planned to approach Savo Island under the cover of darkness, pass south of Savo, initiate their attack against the Allied Southern Force, then turn to the northwest in order to...
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia
WEBThe Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday the 13th, The Night of the Big Guns, or, in Japanese sources, the Third Battle of the Solomon Sea (第三次ソロモン海戦, Dai-san-ji Soromon Kaisen), took place from 12 to 15 November 1942 ...
Eyewitness at the Battle of Savo Island - Warfare History Network
WEBThe Battle of Savo Island, August 8-9, 1942, was the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal Campaign. In response to American amphibious landings commencing on August 7 on Guadalcanal and nearby Tulagi and Florida islands, the Japanese mobilized a task force of seven cruisers and one destroyer. The Japanese task force sailed down New ...
Leading the Charge at Savo Island | Naval History Magazine
WEBAbout 40 hours after the first Marines splashed ashore on Guadalcanal, a Japanese cruiser force inflicted a crushing defeat on the U.S. Navy. A staff officer on board the Japanese force’s flagship recalls the Battle of Savo Island.
Disaster at Savo Island, 1942 - NHHC
WEBThe Battle of Savo Island occurred early in the morning on 9 August in 1942 when the Japanese 8th Fleet surprised the Allied Task Force shortly after the landing at Guadalcanal. In approximately...
Battles of Savo Island and Eastern Solomons - NHHC
WEBThe first of many Japanese challenges to American sea power was the Battle of Savo Island, one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the U.S. Navy. That engagement provided American naval...
Battle of Savo Island - Pacific War #38 DOCUMENTARY - YouTube
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