Barcode: 0 89195 86272 3
Packaging: 36 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5"x11.4"x1.8"
1/35 USMC 2nd Division, Tarawa 1943 (4 figure set) - Gen 2 Series
This set includes four excellent US Marines. This set has some great options
that make it a definate must build!
Main Features:
- all new USMC equipment
- retooled weapons including the M1928A1 Thompson SMG, M1A1 flamethrower, M1
carbine and M1 Garand rifle
- figures are dressed in either P1941 Utility or P1942 Camouflage uniforms,
and even includes the sharp wrinkles and creases of this type of cotton herringbone
twill material
- each figure includes extra arms and hands for your choice of pose
- marine with the M1 carbine includes BONUS upper torso for the aiming/firing
position
About the Battle of Tarawa:
The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, largely
fought from November 20-23, 1943. It was the second time the United States was
on the offensive (the Battle of Guadalcanal had been the first), and the first
offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time
in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to a US
amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance; Tarawa
was to be different.
In the end only 17 Japanese and 129 Koreans were alive at the end of the battle.
Total Japanese and Korean casualties are about 4,690 killed in action. For the
United States, about 1,000 were killed in action, and a further 2,200 wounded.
The heavy casualties sparked off a storm of protest in the United States, where
the high losses could not be understood for such a tiny and strategically unimportant
island.
