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13K views · 495 reactions | Today in History 75 years ago today, Marines rushed the beaches of Guadalcanal, marking the Marine Corps' first amphibious assault of WWII. The assault kicked off a six-month campaign to secure the island and turn the tide of the war in the Pacific. #Guadalcanal75 | Pacific Marines | Facebook

Guadalcanal witnessed a surge in troop numbers, leading to intense combat. Naval warfare played a key role, but it came at a heavy cost. This video recaps a pivotal and deadly campaign. #Guadalcanal #WWII #PacificTheater #NavalWarfare #MilitaryHistory | Timeline - World History

Japanese Troops Were Terrified By America's Jungle Warfare At Guadalcanal Explore how ⚔️ the Guadalcanal Campaign of 1942–1943 shattered Japan’s illusion of invincibility and exposed the terrifying power of American jungle warfare. On the humid, disease-ridden battlefields of the Solomon Islands, elite Japanese troops—victorious across Asia—faced an enemy unlike any they had known. At the Battle of the Tenaru, 800 Japanese soldiers were wiped out in one night by relentless Marine firepower, and