7 August 1942
Response to Guadalcanal Landings
Mikawa assembles a cruiser force at Rabaul to attack Allied ships supporting the Guadalcanal landings.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Rabaul in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Mikawa assembles a cruiser force at Rabaul to attack Allied ships supporting the Guadalcanal landings.
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