He Dismissed the Marines — His Regiment Was Destroyed in One Night at Guadalcanal
Автор: WW2 - The Last Battalion
Загружено: 2026-01-05
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On a dark August night in 1942, a Japanese colonel ordered a frontal assault he believed would break the U.S. Marines.
By dawn at Guadalcanal’s Alligator Creek, nearly his entire detachment was gone.
This documentary examines the Battle of the Tenaru and the catastrophic failure of Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki’s assault against the 1st Marine Division. Drawing from after-action reports, doctrine manuals, and firsthand accounts, it explores how contempt for the enemy collided with disciplined preparation, coordinated firepower, and early battlefield communications.
The Marines’ defense at Guadalcanal revealed a decisive shift in modern warfare—where radios, pre-registered artillery, overlapping machine-gun fire, and logistics proved more powerful than doctrine built on courage alone. The destruction of the Ichiki Detachment shattered Japanese assumptions and reshaped the Guadalcanal campaign.
This film presents a sober, historically grounded analysis of command decisions, doctrine, and consequence—without glorification, and with full respect for the human cost on both sides.
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