The battle for Iwo Jima was one of the most difficult and hard-fought in the Pacific campaign, from February to March 1945. The Japanese defenders were dug into well-entrenched underground bunkers and natural cave systems on the island, and even though the Americans had numerical, logistical and aerial supremacy, a high price was paid for the hard-won...
For four days in November 1943, roughly 2600 sailors drawn from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Naval Landing Forces fought tooth and nail to prevent the United States Marine Corps from establishing a hold in the central Pacific. Outnumbered more than five to one, and with nowhere to run, the SNLF fought, nearly to the last man. Of the 2600 Naval...
“I have always considered the landing of the Seventh in the fog of Attu, on May 11, 1943 an amphibious landing without Parallel…” Maj. Gen. Holland M. “Howling Mad” Smith USMC. On May 11 th , 1943, 16000 soldiers of the United States 7 th Infantry Division made amphibious landings on Attu, a remote and windswept Island in the Aleutians. The 7th Division...
“We will carry out a charge with the heroic spirits of those killed in battle.” Col. Yamasaki Yasuyo. On June 7th, 1942, Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese invaded Attu in the Aleutians Islands. After the landing the Japanese soldiers began constructing fortifications and an airfield. Realising the need to hold Attu, the garrison was increased to a 2500-man...
In a blitzkrieg of just 73 days, the Japanese forces captured the entire Malayan archipelago, including the great fortress city of Singapore. The fall of Malaya was a resounding shock and humiliation to the Allied armies, who had vastly underestimated their opponents. Force 136 was the cover identity given to the Far East branch of the British Special...
Hungry, thirsty, poorly armed and in combat for the first time the brave soldiers of the 1st Marine Division endured day after day of horror and deprivation defending the Cactus Air Force flying out of Henderson Field. Fighting what became known as the key land battle of the Pacific War the marines beat back wave after wave of merciless attackers, their...
Flies swarm to the scabs...No strength to brush them away...Fall down and cannot move...How many times I've thought of suicide. - Sergeant Kashichi, Imperial Japanese Army. Drawn into a battle Japan did not expect or want, Guadalcanal blunted the expansion of the empire. Overly confident and initially dismissive of the fighting prowess of the USMC the...
Minden kiegészítő a világháború egy specifikus részére fókuszál. Ebben a kiegészítőben az amerikai haderőt kapjuk meg. 56 új kártyát tartalmaz.Angol:Each Expansion expands the game and focuses on a specific aspect of the war. We have designed the game from the start to include all the rules you need to use all the expansions!...
Kiegészítés a Szovjetunió hadseregéhez a maga 56 lapjával.Angol:Each Expansion expands the game and focuses on a specific aspect of the war. We have designed the game from the start to include all the rules you need to use all the expansions!...
Each Expansion expands the game and focuses on a specific aspect of the war. We have designed the game from the start to include all the rules you need to use all the expansions! This expansion offers 56 cards, including: 4 Player Soldiers 3 Non-Player Soldiers 4 Squad Soldiers 2 Missions 1 Objective 9 Weapons 17 Hostiles, Elite 16 Hostiles, Frontline...
Each Expansion expands the game and focuses on a specific aspect of the war. We have designed the game from the start to include all the rules you need to use all the expansions! This expansion offers 56 cards, including: 5 Player Soldiers 5 Non-Player Soldiers 5 Squad Soldiers 1 Mission 2 Locations 2 Weapons 1 Equipment 16 Hostiles, Elite 15 Hostiles...
A kiegészítő 56 új kártyát tartalmaz.Angol:Each Expansion expands the game and focuses on a specific aspect of the war. We have designed the game from the start to include all the rules you need to use all the expansions!...