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Tarawa /

Though the Japanese boasted that their fortification of the Tarawa group of islands could withstand an assault by a million men, the Allies eventually captured the atolls and key airstrips in 1943 - but at great cost. This classic program incorporates authentic WWII archival film footage and account...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grinberg, Sherman, 1927-1982, Onuki, Tadeo
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese.
Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales américaines.
Bataille de Tarawa, Kiribati, 1943.
Military operations, Naval > American
Military operations, Naval > Japanese
Kiribati
1939-1945
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Though the Japanese boasted that their fortification of the Tarawa group of islands could withstand an assault by a million men, the Allies eventually captured the atolls and key airstrips in 1943 - but at great cost. This classic program incorporates authentic WWII archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battleline on Tarawa. Part of the series Battleline.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 electronic resource (22 min.)).
Playing Time:00:21:35