In the meantime, the Japanese secretly decided to abandon Guadalcanal and withdrew to the west coast of the island from where most of the surviving Japanese troops were successfully evacuated during the first week of February 1943.
The Japanese secretly decided to abandon Guadalcanal. This was in the meantime. The Japanese withdrew to the west coast of the island from where most of the surviving Japanese troops were successfully evacuated during the first week of February 1943. This was in the meantime.