After the US strategic victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea (May 7–8, 1942) and Midway (June 4–7, 1942), the Japanese Imperial Navy was no longer capable of major offensive campaigns, which permitted the Allies to start their own offensive in the Pacific.

Richard Tregaskis’s account of the first seven weeks of fighting is a classic of war literature. 

Museum Distance Learning Manager Chrissy Gregg and Richard Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, kick off an online learning series dedicated to the 75th anniversary of a pivotal battle in the Pacific war. 

The August 1942 landing on Guadalcanal was a colossal improvisation, concocted on the fly to take advantage of a recent dramatic turn in the Pacific war.