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November 22, 2019

Battle of Savo Island 1942: America’s Worst Naval Defeat

Filed under: Australia, History, Japan, Military, Pacific, USA, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Montemayor
Published 26 Aug 2017

(Animated Map) – WARNING: lower the volume if you are using headphones. sorry for the audio.

I do not own the rights to the songs or images. This video is purely for educational purposes.

No copyright intended, all image rights go to:

-Wikipedia Commons
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-Naval History Heritage and Command
https://www.history.navy.mil/

-Portrait of Richmond K. Turner
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Onli…

USS Jarvis
http://www.navsource.org/

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All songs by Ross Budgen https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKG…
-“Welcome to Chaos”
-“House Lannister Theme” – Game of Thrones Season 4 (Original composition)
-“Run”
-“Parallel”

Sources-

Hammel, E. (2017, March 6). “First Battle of Savo Island: The U.S. Navy’s Worst Defeat”. Retrieved August 25, 2017, from http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/dail…

Hornfischer, J. D. (2011). Neptunes Inferno: the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. New York: Bantam Books.

Newcomb, R. F., & Newcomb, R. F. (2002). The Battle of Savo Island. New York: H. Holt.

Stille, M. (2013). The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942 (Vol. 225). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.

Toll, I. W. (2016). The Conquering Tide: war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

USMC Casualty list taken from:
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC…

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