Wo àyọkà tó wà nísàlẹ̀ yìí, kó o sì dáhùn ìbéèrè tó wà lẹ́yìn náà ní èdè kan náà tí àyọkà náà wà:  Àkọlé: Admiral Ernest King, tó jẹ́ olórí àwọn ọmọ ogun ojú omi orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà ló dá ètò tí àwọn Alátìlẹyìn ṣe láti gbógun ti apá gúúsù erékùṣù Solomon. O dabaa ikọlu naa lati kọ lilo awọn Solomon Islands ti guusu nipasẹ awọn ara ilu Japanese bi awọn ipilẹ lati halẹ awọn ọna ipese laarin AMẸRIKA ati Australia, ati lati lo wọn bi awọn ibẹrẹ fun ipolongo kan pẹlu ibi-afẹde ti gbigba tabi imukuro ipilẹ Japanese pataki ni Rabaul lakoko ti o tun ṣe atilẹyin fun ipolongo Allied New Guinea, pẹlu ibi-afẹde ipari ti ṣiṣi ọna fun AMẸRIKA lati tun gba Philippines. U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz <unk>Allied commander-in-chief for Pacific forces <unk>created the South Pacific theater <unk>with U.S. Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley in command <unk>to direct the Allied offensive in the Solomons.In preparation for the offensive, in May 1942, U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift was ordered to move his 1st Marine Division from the U.S. to New Zealand. <unk>In preparation for the offensive, in May 1942, U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift was ordered to move his 1st Marine Division from the U.S. to New Zealand. In preparation for the offensive, in May 1942, U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift was ordered to move his 1st Marine Division from the U.S. to New Zealand. Wọ́n tún rán àwọn ọmọ ogun ilẹ̀, ti òkun àti ti òfuurufú mìíràn láti lọ fìdí kalẹ̀ ní erékùṣù Fíjì, Samoa àti New Caledonia. Espiritu Santo ni New Hebrides ni a yan gẹgẹbi olú-iṣẹ ati ipilẹ akọkọ fun ikọlu ti o sunmọ <unk> codenamed Operation Watchtower <unk> pẹlu ọjọ ibẹrẹ ti a ṣeto fun 7 August 1942. Lákọ̀ọ́kọ́, àwọn ọmọ ogun Allied ṣètò láti gbógun ti Tulagi àti àwọn erékùṣù Santa Cruz nìkan, wọn ò ní gbéjà ko Guadalcanal. Sibẹsibẹ, lẹhin ti iṣawari Allied ṣe awari awọn igbiyanju ikole papa ọkọ ofurufu Japanese lori Guadalcanal, gbigba ti papa ọkọ ofurufu naa ni a fi kun si ero ati pe iṣẹ Santa Cruz ti kọ silẹ. Agbara irin-ajo ti Allied Watchtower ti awọn ọkọ oju omi ogun 75 ati awọn gbigbe, eyiti o pẹlu awọn ọkọ oju omi lati AMẸRIKA ati Australia, pejọ nitosi Fiji ni Oṣu Keje ọjọ 26, o si kopa ninu igbiyanju gbigbe kan ṣaaju ki o to lọ si Guadalcanal ni Oṣu Keje ọjọ 31. Vandegrift je olori gbogbo awon omo ogun 16,000 ti awon omo ogun Allied (nipataki awon omo ogun US) ti won kopa ninu isele naa, o si ni olori lori isele naa lori Guadalcanal. Ó ń darí ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́ta ọmọ ogun ojú omi tí wọ́n ń lọ sórí erékùṣù Tulagi àti àwọn erékùṣù tó wà nítòsí...  Ìbéèrè: Kí ni orúkọ tó wà fún ibùdó Espiritu Santo?
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