New Georgia counterattack

New Georgia counterattack
Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
Injured U.S. Army soldiers are evacuated through the jungle on New Georgia on 12 July 1943 a few days before the Japanese counterattack.
Date 17–18 July 1943 Location New Georgia, Solomon Islands Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
William Halsey Millard Harmon Theodore S. Wilkinson Leonard F. Wing Oscar Griswold J. Lawton Collins	Minoru Sasaki Genjiro Hirata
Strength
30,000	9,000

The New Georgia counterattack was a counterattack on 17–18 July 1943 by mainly Imperial Japanese Army troops against United States Army forces during the New Georgia Campaign in the Solomon Islands. The U.S. and its allies were attempting to capture an airfield constructed by the Japanese at Munda Point on New Georgia.

The Americans landed on New Georgia on 2 July 1943 and made limited gains in their drive toward Munda Point. The objective of the Japanese counterattack was to destroy the American forces on New Georgia by attacking their exposed flank and rear areas. The Japanese succeeded in infiltrating and attacking several isolated outposts in the American rear areas, but failed to inflict significant casualties on the American forces. After the Japanese counterattack was defeated, the Americans and their allies captured the airfield in the Battle of Munda Point.

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