In the Pacific Theater of World War II, many of the battles were either curb-stomp affairs by one side or the other — either because Japan was "running wild" in the early parts of the war, or because America brought its industrial might to bear.
Many historians view Midway as an exception to that one-sided rule since America's victory is often viewed as a pure luck.
But one engagement where the two sides stood toe-to-toe occurred during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
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