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For chronological order, click here for the previous WW2 post! Despite severe losses at the Coral Sea and Midway, Japan continued to expand into the South Pacific in order to consolidate its holdings and push further into the region. From early-July 1942, Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal – a remote island in the southern SolomonsContinue reading “Last stand at Guadalcanal, 21st August 1942”