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By tk
Wednesday, February 26, 2003

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back to their base.

Comments about these battles.

Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt publically mourned the loss of his friend Rear Admiral Dan. Callaghan but commented:

"It would seem that the turning point in this war has at last been reached."

Winston Churchill proclaimed:

"This moment is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."

A captured Japanese document:

"It must be said that the success or failure in recapturing Guadalcanal Island, and the vital naval battle related to it, is the fork in the road which leads to victory for them or for us."

The Battle of Tassafaronga. The 30th. of November, 1942.

After the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal the IJN wanted to give Guadalcanal away, but Tojo did not agree, so the struggle for supremacy on the Canal continued.

The USS Alchiba whilst unloading a much needed load of aviation gas, was, on the 28th. of November, torpedoed by the Japanese midget submarine 10. She was beached, and burned over a number of days, but was eventually hauled off the beach to survive.

Halsey was promoted to Admiral, and it was decided to relieve Major General AA Vandergrift, as most of the troops on Guadalcanal were now going to belong to the Army, Major General Alexander M. Patch was given this job.

The Japanese Naval bombardments of Guadalcanal seemed to be finished, and Tanaka had to rely on destroyers to carry any reinforcements.

New US Naval Strike force.


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