D-Days in the Pacific : the path to victory from Guadalcanal to Okinawa [(DVD) videorecording] / [presented by] The History Channel ; produced by Lou Reda Productions.
2 videodiscs (approximately 275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Note
Documentary.
Originally produced 1995-1997.
Title from container.
Special features: Includes two A&E Biography programs on Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur; Death at the tideline: examine dozens of D-Days waged in the Pacific; Closing the jaws; The final graveyard.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Summary
Though most people associate D-Day with the massive invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, few are aware that 'D-Day' is actually military code for any amphibious operation. Take a look at dozens of the more than one hundred D-Days waged in the Pacific.
Contents
Death at the tideline -- Closing the jaws -- Final graveyard -- Bloody hills of Peleliu.