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Dragon 6379 Marines Guadacanal 1942 (4 Figures set)

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Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Dragon
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ManufacturerDragon
Product codedra6379
Weight:0.10 kg
Ean:089195863799
Scale1:35
Added to catalog on:6.3.2009
Tags:Battle-of-Gudalcanal-1942-1943 US-World-War-II-Marines

The struggle for the Gudalcanal is one of those battles (actually a series of battles) of World War II in the Far East, which turned out to be groundbreaking and from which the scales of the war began to clearly lean towards the Allies. Its main goal was to stop the advancing Japanese troops and move the Allied (mainly American) troops to the counter-offensive. The Battle of the Gudalcanal began on August 7, 1942 and ended on February 9, 1943. It is estimated that about 36,000 soldiers from the ground forces took part in the fighting on the Japanese side, and about 60,000 soldiers - also from the ground forces - on the American side. At its core, the Battle of Guadalcanal was a series of land, air and sea battles fought in the near or farther vicinity of the island, but all of them were closely related to the Allied efforts to drive the Japanese out of Guadalcanal. It is worth noting that this was the first battle in which US troops used such a large land component against the Japanese for the first time. It was also a battle fought in highly unfavorable climatic conditions and in difficult terrain. However, it brought an undeniable victory to the Allies, who won mainly due to better logistics, better weapons, combat tactics and greater initiative of their own troops. It is estimated that during the entire battle, the Japanese side lost about 28,000-30,000. wounded and killed, while the American army - approx. 15 thousand. wounded and killed.

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is an independent branch of the US armed forces. The unit was established in November 1775, and the first branch of this unit was formed a year later. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, US Marines served primarily in the region of South and Central America, guarding American interests in this part of the world. It was also then that the principle was established that it was the USMC that was deployed to the area of operations as the first among other units of the US armed forces. Corps soldiers fought in World War I, but they gained special fame in the course of bloody and heavy fights in the Pacific in 1941-1945, taking part in such battles as Guadalcanal (1942-1943), Tarawa (1943), Iwo-Jima and Okinawa (both from 1945). Often in the face of the enemy, the soldiers of this formation showed a lot of courage, an example of which can be, for example, John Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor for his accomplishment during the battles on the Gudalcanal. After 1945, the soldiers of the Corps fought, for example, in the Korean War (1950-1953) or especially in the Vietnam War (1964 / 1965-1975), suffering heavy losses in the latter war. After the end of the Cold War, USMC soldiers took part in, for example, both Gulf Wars (1990-1991 and 2003). Currently, there are 182,000 soldiers in the Corps, and about 38,500 in the reserve. The motto of the Corps is the Latin motto Semper Fidelis (Polish always faithful).

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