Get your troops ready for the defence of the islands. This painting guide was provided to us by Andy Zeck. Andy: My stalwart US Marines will need an appropriate opponent to fight eventually and therefore I will need to paint some brave Japanese soldiers as well. Just to make sure they won’t need to fight…
Constructed by the Japanese in 1944 on the small island in the Palau Islands group, Peleliu airfield was seen as a potent threat to US efforts in the Pacific theatre. Poised between the key locations of New Guinea, the Marianas and Mindanao, the airfield provided a threat to the flanks of the encroaching US forces….
From the beaches of Dunkirk to the tropical shores of the Malay peninsular. Japanese landing craft emerges out of the mist – the invasion has begun! Far East Invasion Plans By 1941, the Japanese were embroiled in a brutal war of attrition for control of mainland China. Embargos from western colonial powers choked off imports…
Dan Hewitson
Tom Mecredy