Japanese Soldiers Thought They Were "Musicians" — Until The Band Wiped Out 800 of Them at Tenaru скачать в хорошем качестве

Japanese Soldiers Thought They Were "Musicians" — Until The Band Wiped Out 800 of Them at Tenaru

When Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki's 917 Japanese soldiers launched their doomed assault across the sandbar at Tenaru on August 21, 1942, they faced not just Marines but members of the 1st Marine Division band who had traded their instruments for rifles. These "musicians" helped man the deadly perimeter that unleashed devastating 37mm canister rounds and machine-gun fire into the attacking Japanese forces. By afternoon, with M3 Stuart tanks mopping up survivors, nearly 800 Japanese soldiers lay dead in one of Guadalcanal's most catastrophic defeats—proving that even military bandsmen could deliver a lethal performance when the music stopped. Subscribe for more untold stories of WW2!