Question

1. In the summer of 1942, the United States began fighting a different kind of war in the Pacific than it had been fighting up to that point. Military leaders had decided to change their strategy. Describe the kind of war America had been fighting from December 1941 to the summer of 1942, and then describe the new strategy. Include the name of the battle that marked the turning point between the two strategies.

Answer 1

The Japanese reached Guadalcanal in May 1942. When the allied forces spotted construction of an airfield on Guadalcanal, It was one of the most hotly contested campaigns for control of the ground, sea and skies of the war. Guadalcanal became a major turning-point in the war as it stopped Japanese expansion. 

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