This Week in U.S. Military History

Human Events ^ | 11 Feb 2008 | W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

[Crush]

Feb. 9, 1943: U.S. Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey receives the following message from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Alexander M. "Sandy" Patch:

“Total and complete defeat of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal effected 1625 today . . . Am happy to report this kind of compliance with your orders . . . because Tokyo Express no longer has terminus on Guadalcanal.”

The campaign launched by U.S Marines and sailors in August 1942, and fought by Army, Navy, and Marine forces (and allies) over a six-month period, has resulted in the decisive defeat of Japanese forces on-and-near the island of Guadalcanal. The close of the campaign also ends the first major American offensive of World War II.

Feb. 10, 1763: The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the Seven Years War, known as the French and Indian War in the North American colonies. For America – militarily speaking – the war strengthens Great Britain’s territorial dominance and strategic supremacy in North America. The war also serves as the conflict prior to the American Revolution in which many future Continental Army commanders cut their teeth.

[Crush]

This is an excerpt.

[LS]

FYI, my new novel, “Halsey’s Bluff,” will be available next week (only on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.com). It is a counterfactual in which the Japanese win the battle of Midway (the American forces this time commanded by Halsey) who barely escapes . . . then the real action begins.

[ex-snook]

Winning formula - Victory requires a Declaration of War and overwhelming force.

[indcons]

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[henkster]

Patch was one of 2 American generals in WW2 to command divisions in the Pacific and Corps level or higher in Europe.

Anyone care to guess the other general?

[Crush]

Sounds interesting.

[DefeatHitlery08]

Doolittle?

[GATOR NAVY]

Joe Collins.

[SunkenCiv]

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[henkster]

Yep

[GATOR NAVY]

I had to look it up but it wasn’t that hard. I knew it wasn’t one of MacArthur’s guys.