Honiara & WWII history
Experience · Solomon Islands, South Pacific Islands
Solomon Islands' capital on Guadalcanal — the centre of the 1942–43 Pacific campaign, with WWII relics, US war memorials, and Iron Bottom Sound just offshore (so named for the warships sunk there).
What to do
American War Memorial above Honiara. Vilu War Museum (private collection of WWII aircraft and tanks). Day trip to the Guadalcanal battlefields with a specialist guide.
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