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Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 24, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:44, 16 August 2013‎ (UTC)



The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons took place on 24–25 August 1942, and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign. As at Coral Sea and Midway, the ships of the two adversaries were never within sight of each other. Instead, all attacks were carried out by carrier- or land-based aircraft. After several damaging air attacks, the naval surface combatants from both the United States of America (U.S.) and Japan withdrew from the battle area without either side securing a clear victory. However, the U.S. and its allies gained tactical and strategic advantage. Japan's losses were greater and included dozens of aircraft and their experienced aircrews. Also, Japanese reinforcements intended for Guadalcanal were delayed and eventually delivered by warships rather than transport ships, giving the Allies more time to prepare for the Japanese counteroffensive and preventing the Japanese from landing heavy artillery, ammunition, and other supplies. 2 points-Promoted 2008 1 point-Date relevancy 3 points-Total number allocated QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:03, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: the naval actions associated with the Guadalcanal campaign were some of the most interesting in the war. Praemonitus (talk) 04:50, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Agree with, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:14, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. interesting and underrepresented area of the world. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:53, 10 August 2013 (UTC)