韓德生基地戰役

韓德生基地戰役
第二次世界大戰的太平洋戰場的一部分
日軍於10月25-26日突襲失敗後，16步兵團及29步兵團戰死的士兵在戰場上遺留零亂不堪的局面。
日期 1942年10月23日-26日 地点 9°26′51″S 160°2′56″E / 9.44750°S 160.04889°E / -9.44750; 160.04889 (Henderson's Airfield) 160°2′56″E / 9.44750°S 160.04889°E / -9.44750; 160.04889 (Henderson's Airfield) 索羅門群島的瓜達康納爾島 结果 美軍決定性勝利
参战方
美國	大日本帝國
指挥官与领导者
亞歷山大·范德格里夫特	百武晴吉
兵力
23,088人	20,000人
伤亡与损失
61–86人戰死 1艘拖船沉沒 1艘巡邏艇沉沒 3架飛機損毀	2,200–3,000人戰死 1艘巡洋艦沉沒 14架飛機損毀

在瓜達爾卡維爾島戰役初期，美國海軍陸戰隊成功登陸瓜達爾卡維爾島，控制島上的機場，建立了韓德生基地（Henderson Field，位於今天的霍尼亞拉國際機場）。但是日軍利用海軍艦炮為掩護（英语：Naval gunfire support），企圖重新奪回此地，因此爆發這場戰役。

書面資料

• Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941–1945. Naval Institute Press. 1978. ISBN 0-87021-097-1. 
• Frank, Richard. Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle. New York: Random House. 1990. ISBN 0-394-58875-4. 
• Gilbert, Oscar E. Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific. Da Capo. 2001. ISBN 1-58097-050-8. 
• Griffith, Samuel B. The Battle for Guadalcanal. Champaign, Illinois, USA: University of Illinois Press. 1963. ISBN 0-252-06891-2. 
• Jersey, Stanley Coleman. Hell's Islands: The Untold Story of Guadalcanal. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. 2008. ISBN 1-58544-616-5. 
• Lundstrom, John B. First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 New. Naval Institute Press. 2005. ISBN 1-59114-472-8. 
• Miller, Thomas G. Cactus Air Force. Admiral Nimitz Foundation. 1969. ISBN 0-934841-17-9. 
• Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943, vol. 5 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1958. ISBN 0-316-58305-7. 
• Rottman, Gordon L. US Marine Corps Pacific Theatre of Operations 1941–43. Dr. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor). Oxford: Osprey. 2004. ISBN 1-84176-518-X. 
• Rottman, Gordon L. Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43. Dr. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor). Oxford and New York: Osprey. 2005. ISBN 1-84176-870-7. 
• Smith, Michael T. Bloody Ridge: The Battle That Saved Guadalcanal. New York: Pocket. 2000. ISBN 0-7434-6321-8. 

網路

• Anderson, Charles R. Guadalcanal. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. 1993 [2006-07-09]. CMH Pub 72-8. （原始内容存档于2007-12-20）. 
• Cagney, James. The Battle for Guadalcanal. HistoryAnimated.com. 2005 [2006-05-17]. （原始内容 (javascript)存档于2012-05-26）.  – Interactive animation of the battle
• Chen, C. Peter. Guadalcanal Campaign. World War II Database. 2004–2006 [2006-05-17]. （原始内容存档于2012-05-26）. 
• Flahavin, Peter. Guadalcanal Battle Sites, 1942–2004. 2004 [2006-08-02]. （原始内容存档于2012-05-26）.  – Web site with many pictures of Guadalcanal battle sites from 1942 and how they look now.
• Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp. HIJMS Yura: Tabular Record of Movement. Imperial Japanese Navy Page (CombinedFleet.com). [2006-06-14]. （原始内容存档于2006-05-14）. 
• Hough, Frank O.; Ludwig, Verle E.; Shaw, Henry I., Jr. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. [2006-05-16]. （原始内容存档于2006-06-27）. 
• Miller, John Jr. Guadalcanal: The First Offensive. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. 1949 [2006-07-04]. CMH Pub 5-3. （原始内容存档于2007-12-25）. 
• Shaw, Henry I. First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. 1992 [2006-07-25]. （原始内容存档于2006-06-14）. 
• Zimmerman, John L. The Guadalcanal Campaign. Marines in World War II Historical Monograph. 1949 [2006-07-04]. （原始内容存档于2006-06-19）.