any particular thing within it which had a shortage?
Food
Battle of Tassafaronga
food
when did battle of tassafaronga take place? November 30, 1942 where was it fought? Ironbottom Sound near the Tassafaronga area on Guadalcanal. was any campaign going on there? Yes, the Guadalcanal Campaign between whom did the battle take place? United States Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy warships did it face any crisis? Yes, supply crisis.
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Battle of Tassafaronga [SEP] Supply crisis
Due to a combination of the threat from CAF aircraft, US Navy PT boats stationed at Tulagi, and a cycle of bright moonlight, the Japanese had switched to using submarines to deliver provisions to their forces on Guadalcanal. Beginning on November 16, 1942, and continuing for the next three weeks, 16 submarines made nocturnal deliveries of foodstuffs to the island, with one submarine making the trip each night. Each submarine could deliver 20 to 30 tons of supplies, about one day's worth of food, for the 17th Army, but the difficult task of transporting the supplies by hand through the jungle to the frontline units limited their value to sustain the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal.