World War II: The Pacific Theater

Season 1, Episode 9: Ironbottom Sound, 1942-1943

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The battle for the Solomon Islands—including Guadalcanal—was a grinding and wasting six-month campaign. After multiple bloody engagements on both land and sea, Admiral Yamamoto and the Japanese high command cut their losses. By then, so many ships had been sunk that the waters nearby became known as Ironbottom Sound.