S1 E1: Part 1
A look at the history of Guam and the entry of the US Marines into the battle against Japan for supremacy in the Pacific, covers the Solomons, New Britain, Guadalcanal, Bougainville.
50 minutes
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A look at the history of Guam and the entry of the US Marines into the battle against Japan for supremacy in the Pacific, covers the Solomons, New Britain, Guadalcanal, Bougainville.
50 minutes
General Holland M. Smith introduces the story of the attacks on Rabaul, the Solomon Islands and Midway.
50 minutes
The US assault on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, 1943, and Tarawa.
50 minutes
The US Marines attack the Marianas to get a bombing base within reach of Japan, the assault on Pelelieu.
50 minutes
The US Marines continuing assault on Pelelieu, its capture and then onwards to Iwo Jima.
50 minutes
The Marines move on to Okinawa, with periods of rest and recuperation between fighting.
50 minutes