Douglas MacArthur leads an army to the heart of the Philippines. Facing them are a quarter of a million Japanese troops. The campaign that follows will be like no other battle of the Pacific War.
In April 1945, 9,000 Soviet guns and more than a million Red Army soldiers unleashed a devastating bombardment on German troops manning the outer defenses of Berlin.
October 23rd, 1942. British and Allied troops face off against the German Afrika Korps. In one of the greatest deceptions of WWI, photo recons fool the Germans into making a catastrophic mistake.
17,000 US Marines hit the beaches of tiny Peleliu. They have been told that this will be a three-day operation, but six days later units are trapped by the island's hidden Japanese defenders.
In September 1944, 20,000 elite troops descend from the skies into Nazi occupied Holland in a massive airborne assault.
In winter 1943, nearly 30,000 Allied forces invade Italy. Mussolini has surrendered, but Hitler and his paratrooper refuse to give up. Will the monastery of Monte Cassino become a casualty of war?
Michael Carroll
Narrator
Steve Baker
Director
David Caldwell Evans
Ashley Gething
Dolores Gavin
Producer
