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MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
The Allies are victorious in New Guinea as they repel the Japanese. They thus bring the fight through a series of island-hopping offensives using a new ship--the slow but vital LST. The price paid is high in both sides, but as Japanese casualties pile up in their never-ending losing battle against the Allied onslaught, their homeland only hears news of their victory being broadcast on the radio. We see also just how Japan's people are suffering in defeat through a very touching scene of a massive funeral at the conclusion of this segment, providing a balance of how universal grief truly is.
Aired: Feb 01, 1953 Genre: Documentary War & PoliticsCasts: Leonard GravesDuration: 30m Rating: 2.5 Country: United States of America Production:
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01: DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-194102: THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 194103: SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-194304: MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle05: MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta06: GUADALCANAL07: RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands08: MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-194209: SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-194310: BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic11: THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska12: THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls13: MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign14: ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign15: D-DAY: Normandy16: KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-194517: THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas18: TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur19: BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf20: RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines21: FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines22: THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender23: TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima24: THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean25: SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa26: DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war