Great Battles Of The Pacific - Pearl Harbor To Final Victory

Take in the Greatest Battles of the Pacific, From Pearl Harbor to Final Victory in This 2 DVD Set - Disc 1: Attack and Counterattack 1941-1943 - December 7, 1941 - The horrific Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed the U.S. Pacific Fleet. American moral reeled, but within six months, it was the enemy's turn to suffer at the Battle of Midway. They lost 2 aircraft carriers, one cruiser, and 322 planes. The US went on the offensive, launching a deadly campaign of amphibious assaults that began with the Solomon Islands. It was there, on one obscure island, that US forces would learn the grueling and bloody nature of war in the Pacific - Guadalcanal. US forces began rolling back Japan's early advances starting with Tarawa. Although it was only two miles long, capturing it took the four bloodiest days of the entire Pacific campaign. Meanwhile, on the Asian mainland, GIs, Marines, and their allies fought desperately for every yard of the Burma Road. This comprehensive look at the earliest battles of World War 2 features actual live-action footage and gripping, dramatic wartime storytelling. Disc 2: Victory in the Pacific 1944-1945 - The tide of war was turning and the Japanese were on the run. On Saipan, 16,525 Americans were killed or wounded repelling waves of bonsai charges. Next, Tinian fell, and the US captured airbases within striking distance of Tokyo. In October 1944, Japan's imperial Navy was effectively knocked out of the war in the largest naval battle ever to take place, the Battle of Leyte Gulf. As the end drew ever nearer, US forces returned to the Philippines and liberated Manila after four months of bitter jungle fighting. Next came Iwo Jima and a 36-day battle that was the bloodiest in Marine Corps history. Finally they reached Okinawa, the last stop on the way to Japan. The city and its defenders were prepared to fight to the death. After 83 days of combat, only 10,755 Japanese were taken alive. The remaining defenders - 110,000 of them - were dead. Following Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese surrendered on the deck of the battleship Missouri. The empire of the Rising Sun had fallen. ...

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