<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Abaphathi Nezindaba Zokulawula. Isinqumo se-Allied sokuhlasela iGuadalcanal sakhiwa phakathi nenkathi yezingxabano ezisezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu. Ekuqaleni kukaFebruary 1942, uMkhuzi Wemikhumbi yaseMelika u-Admiral Ernest King waqala ukukhuthaza ukuma okuhlaselayo ePacific. Lokhu kwakuphikisana nezikhulu ezihlangene zase-US, kufaka phakathi uJenene George Marshall, kanye nobuholi bempi baseBrithani, bonke ababevumelana kakhulu neJalimane kuqala izinto eziza kuqala emithonjeni yempi. UKing waphumelela ekutholeni izinsiza ezengeziwe ezazinikezelwe ePacific, ngisho nalapho imizamo yaseMelika eNyakatho Afrika yayibhuntsha. Ngo-March, kwaqubuka impikiswano evuthayo phakathi kuka-Admiral King noJenene Douglas MacArthur mayelana nokuthi lezi zinsiza kwakufanele zisetshenziswe kanjani. Lokhu ekugcineni kwaxazululwa ngesivumelwano sokushiya uGeneral MacArthur ephethe iSouthwest Pacific Area futhi ethweswe icala lokuthatha iSolomon Islands  <response>: entshonalanga yeGuadalcanal, ogwini olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeNew Guinea, naseziqhingini zaseBismarck kuhlanganise nenqaba yempi yaseJapane eRabaul. U-Admiral Chester Nimitz wayeyolawula izindawo zasePacific Ocean futhi ahambe ewela iPacific emaphakathi. U-Admiral Robert Ghormley, ngaphansi kukaNimitz, wayezoqondisa iSouth Pacific Area futhi athathe iTulagi, lapho amaJapane ayesungule khona isisekelo sezindiza zasolwandle. UGhormley wayebuye, cishe njengokucatshangelwa kamuva, athathe iGuadalcanal, lapho kwakwakhiwa khona indawo yokwehla kwezindiza yamaJapane. Ngaphansi kukaGhormley, u-Admiral Frank Fletcher waba umkhuzi we-Allied Task Force 61. 