By Kevin Seabrooke
The first major Allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II, the brutal six-month struggle that was the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign (August 1942-February 1943) marked a turning point in the war as U.S. forces stopped Japanese expansion, captured vital Henderson Field, and began the long island-hopping advance towards Japan, with heavy casualties on both sides from fierce fighting, disease, and naval clashes. Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross is the fourth and concluding book in Cox’s popular landmark series on the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign that includes Morning Star, Midnight Sun (Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign), Blazing Star, Setting Sun (November 1942-March 1943), and Dark Waters, Starry Skies (March-October 1943).
Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944 (Jeffrey Cox, Osprey, New York, NY, 496pp., 8 pages of b/w plates, maps, index, select bibliography, Nov. 18, 2025 $35 HC)
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