The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies, ended on August 9, 1942. After the guns fell silent, the Japanese Navy would sink four Allied heavy cruisers, kill 1,077 ...

In the summer of 1942 the struggle for Guadalcanal became a pivotal point in the Pacific War This episode sets the stage for the looming confrontation at Savo Island as American and Australian forces ...

In the dead of night, August, 1942, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa led the Japanese Eighth Fleet toward Savo Island, relying on human lookouts and spotter planes. He was fully aware of the nearby Allied ...

Winston B. Lewis authored the account of the Battle of Savo Island, while Henry A. Mustin authored the description to the Battle of the Eastern Solomons which the Office of Naval Intelligence ...