During World War II the Japanese defenders of Peleliu had dug a network of caves that enabled them to survive the bombardment by U.S. ships with few losses, and when the Marines came ashore on September 15, 1944, they met with ferocious resistance.
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Aircraft carriers became the crucial weapon of the Pacific war. By mid-1945, Allied victory in the Pacific was assured. Japanese refusal to surrender and the prospect of a costly and difficult invasion of Japan prompted the new president, Harry Truman, to approve the use of the war's greatest secret weapon, the atomic bomb.
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The key Pacific enemy-occupied island of Iwo Jima is halfway between American-held bases in the Marianas and the Japanese home islands. The battle for the island will cost both sides dearly, but ultimately, the American flag is raised in triumph. This classic program incorporates authentic WWII archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battleline on Iwo Jima.
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The story of WWII U.S. Marine veteran Aldo Giannini who fought in the infamous Battle of Tarawa. Enduring a shrapnel injury and witnessing a staggering 3,250 U.S. casualties, Aldo reflects on a battle which gained the U.S. very little in the war.
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