After the Battle of Midway, Allied forces went on the attack. On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. For the next six months, with U.S. Navy and Army support, the Marines held their position against Japanese ground, air, and sea attacks. In February 1943, the Japanese abandoned both Guadalcanal and New Guinea.
As the war continued, Japan could not recover from the heavy losses it sustained. America’s wartime industry, meanwhile, kicked into high gear and was able to replace U.S. losses. New navy vessels led the offensive that was launched in 1943. Using air and sea attacks, the Allied forces adopted a new strategy. They skipped over locations where there was a large Japanese force and landed instead on islands where they could establish…
