Battle of the Eastern Solomons/Related Articles
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Parent topics
- World War II in the Pacific [r]: Operations between Japan and Allied forces, 1941-1945 [e]
- Pacific Ocean Areas [r]: During World War Two, the area of operations in the central Pacific Ocean under the command of Chester W. Nimitz. [e]
- Guadalcanal campaign [r]: The first Allied offensive campaign of the Pacific theater in WWII, fought August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943; Allied victory [e]
Subtopics
- Frank Jack Fletcher [r]: Admiral, United States Navy, who commanded carrier task forces in 1942, but was transferred to a less critical command after heavy losses in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and some concerns about his aggressiveness [e]
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) [r]: Yorktown-class U.S. aircraft carrier; commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War; scrapped 1958 [e]
- USS Hornet (CV-8) [r]: U.S. Yorktown-class aircraft carrier; commissioned in October 1941; participated in Doolittle Raid and Battle of Midway; sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in November 1942 [e]