-- Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi , IJACommander , 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal Beyond Kawaguchi , several Japanese political and military leaders , including Naoki Hoshino , Osami Nagano , and Torashirō Kawabe , stated shortly after the war that Guadalcanal was the decisive turning point in the conflict .
-- Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi , IJACommander , 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal '' political and military leaders , including Naoki Hoshino , Osami Nagano , and Torashirō Kawabe , stated after the war that Guadalcanal was the turning point in the conflict .