How would Guadalcanal change if Savo Island were a draw and US transports stayed to unload?
Short answerA stronger initial supply position could shorten the campaign by easing an early logistical constraint, although no revised timetable is offered.
NotesThe scenario gives American transports two or three more days to unload after a drawn Battle of Savo Island. More supplies ashore would improve the Allied position at the start of the Guadalcanal campaign. Inadequate logistics constrained early advances and organization. Removing part of that constraint could shorten the campaign from its historical course between August 1942 and February 1943. The response repeatedly qualifies the faster victory as a possibility, without estimating how many weeks or months would be saved.