Taming Tulagi

The invasion of Tulagi was one of the several small preliminary invasions planned to secure the flanks of the Guadalcanal attack. The units selected for the invasion of Tulagi were the highly trained 1st Raider Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marines. The landings at Blue Beach were …

1942-08-08

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The invasion of Tulagi was one of the several small preliminary invasions planned to secure the flanks of the Guadalcanal attack. The units selected for the invasion of Tulagi were the highly trained 1st Raider Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marines. The landings at Blue Beach were unopposed, and according to plan the 2nd Battalion Marines moved northwest while the Raiders moved east to secure the island. Almost immediately, the Raiders encountered resistance, but managed to make slow, steady progress throughout the day until they dug in for the night. During the night, the Japanese launched four separate attacks against the Raider's positions, but each attack was repelled. At dawn on the 8th, under the protective cover of 60mm and 81mm mortar barrages, the Raiders advanced on Hill 280.

Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands

The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place from 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, with the USMC invasion force under the direct command of Brigadier General William Rupertus, captured the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo among which the Japanese Navy had constructed a naval and seaplane base. The landings were fiercely resisted by the Japanese Navy troops who, heavily outnumbered and outgunned by the Allied forces, fought and died almost to the last man.

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