Allied ships maneuvering during the Japanese torpedo plane attack on the Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942 (NH 97751)

1942

Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942: Allied ships maneuvering during the Japanese torpedo plane attack on the Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942. Several Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack planes (Mitsubishi G4M "Betty") are faintly visible at left, center and right, among the anti-aircraft shell bursts.