Solomons Naval Campaign visible and Savo Island

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Solomons Naval Campaign visible and Savo IslandNote: This historical study is a companion piece to the South Pacific: Ironbottom Sound scenario book The Solomons Campaign of 1942 saw the American and Japanese navies engage in the most intense naval combat of World War II. For months the two sides fought over Guadalcanal, a miserable jungle covered island with a vital airbase. Solomons Naval Campaign tells of the Solomons campaign from the days before the August 1942 invasion of Guadalcanal through