The documentary Kamikaze: An Untold History delves into one of World War II’s most harrowing and misunderstood chapters: Japan’s systematic use of suicide attacks. Towards the end of the Pacific War, with defeat looming, the nation’s military command unleashed a desperate strategy.
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Singapore 1942: End of Empire part 2: An empire, it was said, on which the sun never set. The magnificent British Empire stood as a colossus of power. It projected an aura of permanence and invincibility.
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The Pacific War in Color episode 8: By the summer of 1945, the Allies are reducing Japan to ashes, but there’s no sign of surrender. While a ground invasion seems imminent, a casualty estimate of U.S. soldiers in the hundreds of thousands leads President Truman to a decision that will not only end the war, but forever change the course of warfare. Color combat footage and witness accounts of the atomic bombings provide rare insights into the final days of the Pacific War. The Pacific War was unlike any military conflict before it in terms of its scale,
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The Pacific War in Color episode 7: The Allies celebrate the end of the war in Europe, but the Pacific War rages on. Okinawa, the last stop in the island-hopping campaign to the Japanese mainland, is absolute havoc, with Japan sending an unprecedented wave of kamikaze attacks to destroy Allied warships. Meanwhile, Australians liberate Indonesians from three years of oppressive Japanese occupation in Borneo. Witness the final battles of the Second World War, captured with rare behind the scenes film and color combat footage. The Pacific War in Color episode 7 The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation
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The Pacific War in Color episode 5: By the summer of 1944, America increasingly controlled the seas and skies of the Pacific, but the fighting on land remained bloody and brutal. As U.S. forces battled for two islands at once, Japan used ingenious dug-in bunkers and caves to make them pay for every inch of ground. Discover America’s strategic and personal motivations behind their simultaneous invasions of Tinian and Guam and witness their far less successful plan to strike Japan from India and China with the new, troubled aircraft, the B-29. The Pacific War in Color episode
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The Pacific War in Color episode 3: Under the command of Admiral Nimitz in 1943, America advances towards Japan, engaging in a new series of island-hopping invasions through the Central Pacific. But a ferocious and inauspicious start at the Tarawa atoll forces war strategists to redesign their plan from top to bottom, sparking new innovations and breaking new barriers. With color combat footage and accounts from those who experienced the fight firsthand, this is an intimate look at some of the costliest and most critical battles of World War II. The Pacific War in Color episode 3
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