Just northeast of Australia is Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands. From August 1942 through February 1943, it was the staging ground for the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.

John Kuehn, former Navy commander and military history professor at the Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, discusses the ferocity of the Battle of Guadalcanal – one of the most intense of World War II – fought on land, sea, and air in a monsoon-swept jungle environment.

He explains how, as a multi-domain engagement, the battle still offers important lessons today about air, sea, and land warfare as well as about employing logistics in an extremely challenging environment.