WWII: Strategies

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3 film DVD Set includes 2 Academy Award Winning Documentaries:

-True Glory is an Academy Award winning documentary, introduced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Produced in 1945 as an official war department film, this vivid story contains outstanding combat footage.

-The Big Picture is a 1960 US Army War Documentary that follows the campaigns in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to Bataan, Corregidor, Coral Sea, Guadal Canal, Leyte Gulf and the bombing of Hiroshima.

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NO REGIONAL CODING
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1) True Glory: 1945 Official USA War Department Film

Introduced by GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. How the Allied Armies defeated Hitlers war machine. Photographed by the combat cameramen of the USA, Canada, France, Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czecheslovakia, Norway and Great Britain. Winner of an Academy Award (Best Documentary Feature); winner of a New York Film Critics Awards Special Prize. Graphically told in the words of the common soldier, stunning visuals abound as extraordinary combat footage is used to tell the story. Recommended. 86 minutes.

2) The Big Picture: 1960 US Army War Documentary

Produced and syndicated by the United States Army. "WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC." Two complete broadcasts. The war against Japan started with Pearl Harbor. This well-produced summary of the major battles and fighting begins with graphic pictures of the devastation caused by the sudden attack. The capture of the Philippines soon followed as did the Bataan "death march." Corregidor falls and MacArthur vows "I shall be back." There are scenes of Doolittles raid on Tokyo early in the war, the decisive battle of the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, the invasion of the Philippines, the battle of Leyte Gulf (considered "the greatest naval battle in history"), the fighting on Okinawa and many other islands, the A-bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and the signing of the Surrender aboard the battleship Missouri. A well-done overview of the complete war in the Pacific. 56 minutes.

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