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World War II - The War Chronicles
Season 1 • Episode 9 • Island Hopping: The Road Back
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World War II - The War Chronicles Season 1, Episode 9: Island Hopping: The Road Back
Beginning with the battle on Tarawa, the Gilbert's, Marshall's, and Mariana's island groups were next in the island hopping strategy. Watch World War II - The War Chronicles Season 1, Episode 9 Island Hopping: The Road Back in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of World War II - The War Chronicles Season 1, Episode 9 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
14 episodes
The Greatest Conflict
A quick review of the various campaigns and calamitous occurrences that happened from the start to the end of World War II.
38 min
North Africa... the Desert War
The birth of the Afrika Korps and it's leader Erwin Rommel who was to earn the pseudonym Desert Fox.
23 min
The Beachhead at Anzio
Beginning with Operation Shingle, the allies obtained a foothold in Italy while the Germans were determined to make the allies job a difficult one starting with the Gustav line.
22 min
D-Day... The Normandy Invasion
Operation Overlord began on Jun 6, 1944, with parachutists, deception tactics, and Mulberry harbors so as to ensure a successful invasion in France.
23 min
Pursuit to the Rhine
Once the Normandy invasion was concluded it was a cacophony of multiple allied drives to silence the German offensives with having to deal with some strong defensive fronts and offensive attacks.
21 min
The Bomber Offensive: Air War in Europe
In 1943, Britain began bomber offensives over Germany's war production sites, some without fighter protection because of limited fuel capacity. Bombing targets and improved fighter protection would soon occur.
23 min
The Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler is desperate to stop the allies advance onto German soil and pushes a number of his military forces through the Ardennes and begins what has come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. The allies had a number of clues that something was going to happen but ignored them.
21 min
The Battle of Germany
A more detailed overview of the causes of the German assault through the Ardennes and the battle in Bastogne. The German line fell apart on the 25th after the weather cleared on the 23rd of December 1944. The allies then continued to drive toward the Rhine.
23 min
Island Hopping: The Road Back
Beginning with the battle on Tarawa, the Gilbert's, Marshall's, and Mariana's island groups were next in the island hopping strategy.
22 min
Jungle Warfare: New Guinea to Burma
The jungle campaigns in New Guinea and Burma were necessary. This was more easily accomplished by attacking the weaker Japanese defenses.
23 min
Air War In The Pacific
Chronicling the war’s first days through the suicidal Kamikaze attacks and the bombing missions that brought the war to the Japanese homeland, this documentary utilizes extensive air combat footage.
23 min
The Bloody Ridges of Peleliu
From the opening Naval bombardment, to the hand-to-hand combat and vicious guerrilla warfare, this is the complete story of this brutal and historic battle.
23 min
The Return To The Philippines
From MacArthur's strategy to the heroics of the ground troops, the 7th Fleet’s naval forces, and the pilots of the Air Force, the heroic saga of the Philippines is a stunning story of unstoppable determination.
21 min
Okinawa... The Last Battle
Winston Churchill described it as the most intense and famous battle in military history. Witness the desperate, suicidal resistance of the Japanese in the final battle of the Pacific campaign.
23 min