Морпехи США подпустили японские военные корабли поближе

On December 11, 1941, after three days of Japanese air attacks on Wake Island, U.S. Marines did something that seemed almost impossible under fire: they kept their coastal guns silent while an approaching Japanese invasion force moved closer. With damaged equipment, limited aircraft, unfinished defenses, and no radar, the Wake Island garrison waited until the ships entered a range where its old 5-inch guns could be far more effective. What followed was one of the most dramatic early American actions of the Pacific War, as Marine shore batteries sank the Japanese destroyer Hayate, forced the invasion force to withdraw, and the surviving F4F Wildcats attacked the retreating ships and helped destroy Kisaragi. This documentary follows the Battle of Wake Island from the devastating opening air raids and the failed Japanese landing attempt of December 11 to the larger assault of December 23, explaining how concealment, fire discipline, improvised repairs, coastal artillery, and Marine aviation temporarily turned an isolated Pacific outpost into a deadly obstacle for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/... https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-b... https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us... https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/AMa... https://www.history.navy.mil/research... #WakeIsland #BattleOfWakeIsland #WorldWarII #WWIIHistory #PacificWar #USMarines #MarineCorps #PacificTheater #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory #F4FWildcat #ImperialJapaneseNavy