Pacific: The Lost Evidence
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1. Pearl Harbor
1. Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941--"a date which will live in infamy". The unprovoked attack on the US Pacific Fleet moored at Pearl Harbor is one of the key moments in modern history.
45 min
17 nov. 2005
2. Iwo Jima
2. Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945, men of the US Marine Corps invaded Iwo Jima. Over the next 36 days, the island became the site of a titanic struggle of sheer bloody will and determination.
45 min
17 nov. 2005
3. Guadalcanal
3. Guadalcanal
On August 7, 1942, more than 19,000 Marines invaded Guadalcanal with orders to seize and hold the tropical island. In the first US offensive of the Pacific War.
45 min
1 dec. 2005
5. Saipan
5. Saipan
June 15, 1944. Just over a week after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, on the other side of the world.
45 min
15 dec. 2005
6. Leyte
6. Leyte
October 20, 1944--US troops storm ashore on the island of Leyte. After two long years under Japanese occupation, the liberation of the Philippines has begun.
45 min
15 dec. 2005
7. Guam
7. Guam
On July 21, 1944, American Marines and GIs invade the island of Guam--once US territory. Over the next 21 days, this Japanese stronghold in the Mariana Islands.
45 min
22 dec. 2005
8. Okinawa
8. Okinawa
It was the greatest and most costly American campaign in the Pacific Theater in which over a quarter of a million people lost their lives.
45 min
22 dec. 2005
