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Guadalcanal Campaign

Guadalcanal Campaign

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A series of battles in World War II in which Allied troops fight to retake Guadalcanal from Japanese forces
  • noun
  • /ˌɡwɑːdəlˈkænəl kæmˈpeɪn/
translation icon : Campaña de Guadalcanal
  • The Guadalcanal Campaign was crucial in turning the tide of the war in the Pacific theater.

Examples

  • I was in the Guadalcanal campaign, not as a Marine, but as US Naval Air.

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  • I started out in the Guadalcanal campaign in August 1942 and ended up in Mactan, Cebu, the Philippines.

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  • During the Guadalcanal Campaign, Allied forces faced fierce resistance from Japanese troops.

  • Many brave soldiers lost their lives in the Guadalcanal Campaign, which lasted from 1942 to 1943.

Synonyms

Battle of Guadalcanal
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A major fight in World War II from 1942 to 1943 when American forces took Guadalcanal back from Japan

is a broader series of allied military operations to recapture the island

Surface Forms

Guadalcanal Campaign singular
Guadalcanal Campaigns plural

Morphology

Guadalcanal + campaign

The phrase denotes a campaign taking place on Guadalcanal: combining the place-name 'Guadalcanal' (an island) with 'campaign' (a planned military operation) directly yields the intended meaning. This place + event composition is a regular, cross-linguistic naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Guadalcanal Campaign is named for the island Guadalcanal and the word campaign, which means 'a set of military actions'. It refers to the 1942–1943 Allied effort to take the island from Japanese forces, so the name now stands for that important series of battles in World War II.