Summary Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign against the Japanese outposts in the Marshall Islands. United States Marines launch an amphibious assault that captures the Kwajalein atoll. Later, the Marines move further west and attack the Eniwetok atoll where they also overcome Japanese resistance. Using these atolls as airbases, the Allies bomb the Japanese stronghold of Truk in the Caroline Islands.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Westbrook Van Voorhis Frank Gibney Robert Sherrod Weston C. Pullen
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : The March of Time
Summary Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign against the Japanese outposts in the Marshall Islands. United States Marines launch an amphibious assault that captures the Kwajalein atoll. Later, the Marines move further west and attack the Eniwetok atoll where they also overcome Japanese resistance. Using these atolls as airbases, the Allies bomb the Japanese stronghold of Truk in the Caroline Islands.
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : The March of Time
