Editing Tokyo Express (section)

==The end of the Tokyo Express on Guadalcanal==
By early February of 1943 the Allies had triumphed on Guadalcanal and had effective control of the area of [[New_Georgia_Sound#World_War_II|The Slot]] that had been used to man and provision it, preventing a highly stressed Japanese military from being able to wage an effort to retake it and its extremely valuable [[Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)|Henderson Airfield]].  To signify final victory over the Japanese on the island, General [[Alexander Patch]], commander of the Allied land forces on the island, messaged his superior, Admiral [[William F. Halsey]] on February 9, 1943, "Tokyo Express no longer has terminus on Guadalcanal."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/fm/odyssey/Guadalcanal.htm#n |title=The Guadalcanal Campaign (David Llewellyn James) |website=[[Angelfire]] |access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>