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GUADALCANAL
After training in Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal. The U.S. Navy suffers defeat after defeat at the hands of the Japanese Navy around the island--in an area called Ironbottom Sound. Essential information is conveyed about how some deaths are caused not just by battle but also by malaria that comes from the long stays in the Guadalcanal rain forests. The number of people dying on both sides is especially emphasized here, a remarkable example of endurance. Meanwhile, to the tune of Richard Rodgers' most famous march from the series, America's men and materiel are mobilized against the ultimate struggle that is World War II.
Aired: Dec 14, 1952 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