BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II Battle for the Desert, Battle for the Pacific 6DVD NEW

BATTLE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA

Two DVD’s featuring almost 6 hours of footage over 10 documentaries made during the war detailing the Battle for South East Asia.

Included are The Battle of China (1944) exploring Japanese aggression and the Chinese development of astronomy, gunpowder and porcelain. Japanese kamikaze pilots attacking

U.S aircraft carriers at sea - rare footage that has never been released on DVD outside of Japan.

BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC

The war in the Pacific was essentially a maritime war. This 6 hours of footage will take you through detailing the planning and the battles that lead to the defeat of the Japanese Empire, Gruelling day-to-day activities and harsh weather conditions of protecting Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. The amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, including aerial bombing plus ground force action using fl ame throwers...An amazing and dramatic collection of documentary’s, giving a detailed account of all that went on at sea from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Selected works from acclaimed directors: Frank Cappa & John Ford. Narration from John Huston & Henry Fonda. 

BATTLE FOR THE DESERT

Almost five hours of riveting documentary footage detailing the last great land battle of the 20th Century's master tacticians Rommel and Montgomery as they fought across the Desert Plains of North Africa. Four cameramen were killed and six badly injured in the filming of the "Desert Victory" a record of arguably WW2 greatest contest the Battle of Alamein . "Before Alamein we never had a victory after Alamein we never had a defeat" Winston Churchill. Also included in this eight film pack are John Huston's poetic documentary of the Allied invasion on a small Italian village "San Pietro." Plus marvel at Wyler, Sturges, and Boltings use of hidden cameras bringing the close up horror of the Italian Campaign in "Thunderbolt".