The airport area to the east of Honiara was
the battle site between the United
States and Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World
War II, the Battle of Henderson
Field of 1942, of which America emerged victorious. Honiara became the
new capital of the British
Protectorate of the Solomon
Islands from 1952 and most of the town began to grow up
after this. Since the late 1990s, Honiara has suffered a turbulent history of
ethnic violence and political unrest and is scarred by rioting. A coup attempt
in June 2000 resulted in violent rebellions and fighting between the ethnic Malaitans of the
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