Henderson Field
09/14/1942
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 1214 September 1942, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and was the second 
of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
In the battle, U.S. Marines, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, repulsed an attack by the 
Japanese 35th Infantry Brigade, under the command of Japanese Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi. The Marines were defending the 
Lunga perimeter that guarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, which was captured from the Japanese by the Allies in landings on 
Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. Kawaguchi's unit was sent to Guadalcanal in response to the Allied landings with the mission of 
recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces from the island.
Underestimating the strength of Allied forces on Guadalcanalabout 12,000 Kawaguchi's 6,000 soldiers conducted several 
nighttime frontal assaults on the U.S. defenses. The main Japanese assault occurred around Lunga ridge south of Henderson 
Field, manned by troops from several U.S. Marine Corps units, primarily troops from the 1st Raider and 1st Parachute Battalions 
under U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Merritt A. Edson. Although the Marine defenses were almost overrun, Kawaguchi's 
attack was ultimately defeated, with heavy losses for the Japanese.
Because of the key participation by Edson's unit in defending the ridge, the ridge was commonly referred to as Edson's ridge in 
historical accounts of the battle in Western sources. After Edson's Ridge, the Japanese continued to send troops to Guadalcanal 
for further attempts to retake Henderson Field, affecting Japanese offensive operations in other areas of the South Pacific.

Japanese -->[ American

Scenario Length: 12 Game Turns - LOS (10 hexes)
Victory objective: The side with the required Victory Points is the winner. Both sides gets VPs for owning VP Objectives.
Scenario designer: Blitzkrieg'Men [ Cough Rico ]
