[explosions] norway and luxembourg. Armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all of north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forward in driving their bloody conquest of china. Only one of the worlds major ers was still not at war the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she was the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii at another restedwhere ships dockside. Planes with cold engines stood by at nearby hickam field when denly, without warning [explosions] the immediate Japanese Military outctive was to knock navalates air power and air power in the pacific in one stroke. They were convinced we were incapable of fighting a twofront war. The japanese
Vulnerable to surprise attacks. April 18, 1942, 16 b25 bombers led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle prepared to take off from the Aircraft Carrier hornet. Their target tokyo and 4 other major japanese cities, with carefully selected military targets. It was only nine days after the fall of bataan. [plane engines] never before had such a thing been attempted. The psychological effects of the raid on tokyo were even greater than the material damage inflicted. It raised the morale of all americans and shocked the enemy into realization that we had the will and wherewithal to carry the war to the heart of his own homeland. Three weeks later, United States navy planes from the Carrier Task Force dealt the japanese fleet a damaging blow in the coral sea, the first naval battle in history to be fought entirely with carrierbased aircraft. [explosions] while the navy was starting to make a comeback, general wainwright surrendered corregidor. A proud old soldier who had fought in world or o
Hopping in the central solomons. But, the battle for nazi held italy was only beginning. On the 3rd of september, two british divisions crossed the straits of messina to land on the toe of the italian boot. Six days later, American Forces struck the beach at solar no, 30 miles south of naples. Four days after the landings, the enemy launched a strong counterattack pouring in some of its best troops. For a time, our foot hold was precarious. Supported by a concentration of combined firepower from aircraft, naval guns and artillery, the allies held the beach head. The heavy pounding by land sea and air was too much for the nazis. They fell back as our own forces pushed on towards naples. By then, italy had surrendered unconditionally, now officially out of the war. October 1st, 1943, elements of general clarks army entered the city of naples. They were greeted not as conquerors but liberators. The citizens of naples knew that we and our allies were the only hope of driving the germans fr
You episodes four through eight. They cover u. S. Involvement and world war ii, from the pearl harbor attack through the surrender of japan. Each of these is about 30 minutes. They originally aired on the u. S. Army big pitcher television series. This was the europe of 1941. Nazi blitz, had overwhelm fronts, holland belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate fall north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their conflict with china. Only one of the worlds major powers, was still not at war. The United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941. The statue of liberty towered certainly over the new york harbor. As if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon york Early Morning and why, and anoth
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