Jungle War

Name: Jungle War
Released: 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

From battles in the jungles of the Pacific in the Second World War, to the post war conflicts including the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian Confrontation and the Vietnam War to revolutions in Cuba and Colombia, this series takes viewers on a journey through elements of jungle warfare across decades of the twentieth century. Drawing on archival footage and expert interviews the series examines th

2019 · 52m

EPISODE 1

The Jungle Is Always Neutral

The series begins in the Second World War, in jungles of the Pacific. As Japan shocks the world with the speed of its advance, the Allies scramble to halt what seems to be an unstoppable force.

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EPISODE 2

The Revolt of Asia

By the end of 1942 the tide of the war in the Pacific is turning. Guadalcanal and the island hopping campaigns shift the balance as the Allies advance toward victory over Japan.

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EPISODE 3

The Guardians at the Gate

Episode Three begins with Konfrontasi, a conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia which centers on fighting in the jungles of Borneo. We then turn to what was arguably the most televised jungle war in history, the Second Indochina War, known in Vietnam as the American War. A war in which the US sought to stand as the ‘guardians at the gate’ against the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. We exp

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EPISODE 4

The Final Hour

In this episode we explore the final years of the war in Vietnam, which saw the United States and her Allies confront the realities of loss and withdrawal from a jungle war. The series concludes with the revolutions that began in the jungles of Cuba and Colombia and changed the course of both nations’ history. Revolutions which took place in an era Che Guevara called the ‘final hour’ of colonialis

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