The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the Bromeliaceae family.
Share. The Battle of Guadalcanal was the Allies' first major offensive action of World War II in the Pacific. Landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on August 7, 1942, Allied troops began a prolonged campaign to take the island.
The debate over the turning point in the Pacific war, Midway or Guadalcanal, involves many factors that are difficult to weigh. For example, against the Japanese naval losses in the Solomons, the losses at Midway were four carriers and one cruiser (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, and Mikuma).