What is Guadalcanal campaign?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Guadalcanal Campaign | partof = the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] of [[World War II]] | image = File:Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = United States Marines rest in the field during the Guadalcanal campaign | date = 7 August 1942&nbsp;– 9 February 1943<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=08|day1=07|year1=1942|month2=02|day2=09|year2=1943}}) | place = [[Guadalcanal]], [[British Solomon Islands]] | result = Allied victory * Beginning of Allied Offensive Operations in the Pacific | combatant1 = {{flag|United States|1912}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{*}} {{flagicon image|Flag of the Solomon Islands (1906–1947).svg}} [[British Solomon Islands#World War II|Solomon Islands]]<ref>Zimmerman documents the participation by native Solomon Islanders in the campaign at [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-C.html pp. 173–175].</ref><br>{{*}}{{flagdeco|Fiji|colonial}} [[Colonial Fiji|Fiji]]<ref>Jersey, pp. 356–358. Assisting the Americans in the latter stages of campaign were Fijiian [[commando]]s led by officers and [[non-commissioned officer]]s from the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]].</ref><br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{flagcountry|Dominion of New Zealand}}<br>{{flag|Tonga}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/000101 | title=Mullen Thanks Tonga for Steadfast Support | publisher=U.S. Navy | date=9 November 2010 | accessdate=9 January 2018 | author=Garamone, Jim | archive-date=23 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023011502/http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/000101 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United States|1912}} U.S. Navy:<br>[[Robert L. Ghormley]]<br>[[William Halsey, Jr.|William F. Halsey, Jr.]]<br>[[Richmond K. Turner]]<br>[[Frank Jack Fletcher|Frank J. Fletcher]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1912}} U.S. Marine Corps:<br>[[Alexander Vandeg