Battle of Edson's Ridge

Battle of Edson's Ridge
Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II
An American Marine stands near some of the fighting positions on Hill 123 on "Edson's" Ridge after the battle. Edson's command post during the battle was located just to the right of where the Marine is standing.
Date 12–14 September 1942 Location Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom British Solomon Islands	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Vandegrift Merritt A. Edson	Harukichi Hyakutake Kiyotake Kawaguchi
Units involved
Henderson Field HQ Defenses 1st Raider Battalion 1st Parachute Battalion 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment Battery, 11th Marine Regiment 67th Fighter Squadron	Kawaguchi Detachment 35th Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment Kuma Battalion 124th Infantry Regiment
Strength
12,500	6,217
Casualties and losses
59 killed or missing 204 wounded	700–850 killed ~500 wounded

 United States
 United Kingdom

Henderson Field HQ Defenses

Kawaguchi Detachment

The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place from 12–14 September 1942, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and was the second of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

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