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 | 1942-12-15 | 1943-01-23 | Battle of the Gifu | US soldiers and marines, assisted by native Solomon Islanders, attacked Japanese Army forces defending well-fortified and entrenched positions on several hills and ridges. | Read about 'Battle of the Gifu' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of the Gifu' |
| 1942-11-12 | 1942-11-15 | Battle of Guadalcanal | The battle turned back Japan's last major attempt to dislodge Allied forces from Guadalcanal and nearby Tulagi, resulting in a strategic victory for the U.S. and its allies and deciding the ultimate outcome of the Guadalcanal campaign in their favor. | Read about 'Battle of Guadalcanal' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Guadalcanal' |
| 1942-11-06 | 1942-12-04 | Carlson's Patrol | In a series of small unit engagements over 29 days, the 2nd Raiders killed almost 500 Japanese soldiers while suffering only 16 killed. The raiders also captured a Japanese artillery cannon that was delivering harassing gunfire on Henderson Field. | Read about 'Carlson's Patrol' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Carlson's Patrol' |
| 1942-11-03 | 1942-11-12 | Koli Point action | US marines attempted to encircle and destroy 230th Infantry Regiment, commanded by Toshinari Shji. Although Shji's unit took heavy casualties, he and most of his men were able to evade the encirclement attempt and escape into the interior of Guadalcanal. | Read about 'Koli Point action' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Koli Point action' |
| 1942-10-23 | 1942-10-26 | Matanikau Attacks | Two battalions of Nakaguma's 4th Infantry Regiment and the nine tanks of the 1st Independent Tank Company launched attacks at the mouth of the Matanikau. Marine 37mm AT guns quickly destroyed all nine tanks. Infantry attacks were also stopped. | Read about 'Matanikau Attacks' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Matanikau Attacks' |
| 1942-10-14 | Night of the Battleships | The IJN battleships Kongo and Haruna sailed from Truk and bombarded Henderson field. They intended damage the CAF to the point it would not be effective in damaging the convoy of 4500 troops sailing from the Shortland islands. | Read about 'Night of the Battleships' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Night of the Battleships' | |
| 1942-10-07 | 1942-10-09 | Matanikau action | A larger force of U.S. Marines successfully crossed the Matanikau River, attacked Japanese forces under the command of newly arrived generals Masao Maruyama and Yumio Nasu, and inflicted heavy casualties on a Japanese infantry regiment. | Read about 'Matanikau action' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Matanikau action' |
| 1942-09-27 | Air war resumes | The lull in the air war, due to bad weather, that had lasted from September 14 ends with a Japanese air raid on Henderson field. | Read about 'Air war resumes' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Air war resumes' | |
| 1942-09-18 | Reinforcements | 4157 men from the 3rd Provisional Marine Brigade, 137 vehicles, tents, aviation fuel, ammo, food and engineering equipment, runing the gauntlet of 'torpedo alley', arrive at the Lunga peninsula and provide vital support to its beleaguered defenders. | Read about 'Reinforcements' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Reinforcements' | |
| 1942-09-12 | 1942-09-14 | Edson Ridge | U.S. Marines led by General Vandegrift, repulsed an attack by Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade. The Marines were defending the southern ridgeline that guarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. The second of three major Japanese offensives on the island. | Read about 'Edson Ridge' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Edson Ridge' |
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