Diary August 7, 1942

08-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

US Marines landing on Guadalcanal head immediately for cover.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 7, 1942:

Pacific

Solomons – Operation Watchtower: US MARINES LAND ON GUADALCANAL and Tulagi. On the former the few Japanese construction troops and Korean labourers flee into the jungle. Small Japanese garrison on Tulagi annihilated after fierce fighting. Marines rename half-completed airfield on Guadalcanal ‘Henderson Field’, after a hero of Battle of Midway.

Africa

Western Desert: General Gott, 8th Army C-in-C designate, killed when plane shot down.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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