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The Pacific War in Color

Season 1
Witness iconic assaults, intense battles, and intimate moments of the Pacific War, in color.
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  1. S1 E1 - An Ocean Apart
    June 23, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    The first steps of the long, bloody, uphill battle for the Pacific, captured through rare color footage.
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  2. S1 E2 - Shockwaves
    June 30, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    Witness the first battles and initial shockwaves of the Pacific War, captured through rare color footage.
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  3. S1 E3 - Island Hopping
    July 7, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    See how America’s island-hopping strategy in the Pacific nearly ended with its first invasion, on the Tarawa atoll.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Enemy Underground
    July 14, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    Experience America’s fight to take the island of Saipan from Japan and get within striking distance of Tokyo.
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  5. S1 E5 - Striking Distance
    July 21, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    Simultaneous island attacks and failed B-29 raids, captured through personal color home movies and combat footage.
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  6. S1 E6 - Fire From the Sky
    July 28, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    From the first kamikaze attack to what resulted in the iconic flag-raising at Iwo Jima, revisit the final battles of the Pacific.
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  7. S1 E7 - No Surrender
    August 4, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    Rare color footage in Okinawa, Borneo, and a POW camp in Thailand sheds new light on the Pacific War.
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  8. S1 E8 - From the Ashes
    August 11, 2018
    51min
    TV-14
    Personal recollections and color combat footage present a rare look at the final chapter of the Pacific War.
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