| War In The Philippines: World War II | 
| Category: DVD
Buy New: $29.95
as of 2/10/2012 15:33 MST details
Seller: militaryvideo
Sales Rank: 267,577
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 0
Running Time: 120 Minutes
UPC: 811120013210
EAN: 0811120013210
ASIN: B001GDFN20
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Video documents the entire World War II campaign to liberate the Philippines, from the Death March to the liberation of American and Filipino POW camps. Includes three government-produced documentaries: "Appointment In Tokyo," "Battle For Manila," and "Recapture Of Corregidor."Produced by the Army Signal Corps in 1945, this video documents the World War II campaign in the Philippines. From the Death March to the liberation of American and Filipino POW camps, this video documents with extraordinary footage the brutality of this phase on the Pacific war. The following is a sample of what you will see.
Japanese troops land on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, in May 1942. Gen. Wainwright surrenders. Shows captured Americans on the "death march." U.S. planes bomb and sink Japanese ships in the Bismarck Sea, March 1943. Gen. MacArthur and Adm. Nimitz meet. U.S. troops land on New Guinea. Maps U.S. advances on New Guinea and islands occupied from Pearl Harbor to the Palaus.
U.S. troops resting in staging areas, a convoy at sea, and the landing on Leyte beneath a naval bombardment. Captured film shows Japanese troops and defenses during the barrage. U.S. troops and tanks advance through the jungle. Enemy film shows Japanese reinforcements landing on Leyte. A naval and aerial battle rages in Leyte Gulf and the Philippines Sea. Disabled U.S. planes land on aircraft carriers and on Leyte landing strips.
An enemy submarine is demolished and survivors picked up. U.S. troops advance through jungle mud. Wounded are treated at an aid station. Mitchell bombers blast Luzon. Troops land on Luzon from Lingayen Gulf unopposed. Filipino guerillas are given clothes and arms. Infantry advances rapidly through towns.
A patrol liberates U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war. A skirmish rages in a baseball stadium outside Manila. U.S. troops advance street by street in Manila's outskirts....
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