Discovery Channel - Battlefield Series 4 (2000) Part Discovery Channel - Battlefield Series 4 (2000) Part 5 Guadalcanal

The BATTLEFIELD series provides a thorough and comprehensive picture of the World War II. This sweeping documentary series offers up detailed accounts of the key battles, combining extensive use of archival footage with full color 3D animation and a compelling and vivid narrative, complete with main weapon systems used and portraits of the principal leaders and commanders. Troop movements, arms deployed, motivation of key players, are all described in detail. In addition to the events, we can also learn about the motive for the outbreak of the battles and their consequences, along with the military and political situation of the age. Each battle is placed in the larger context of the global situation. Strategy and tactics are described in detail with excellent graphics, providing a fascinating analysis of the forces in conflict. Archival footage from several sources includes rare film from the Moscow archives. Battlefield is a series that chronicles the decisive events and critical battles that shaped history. Series provides a great opportunity to learn even more about the conflict, and the events of World War II that still have a great impact today.

Part Discovery Channel - Battlefield Series 4 (2000) Part 5 Guadalcanal

The attack on Pearl Harbor was supposed to obviate the need for the grinding attritional battle that was the hallmark for the bloody fighting of Guadalcanal. The capture of this strategically crucial island in the Solomans - during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives - was the key to the US victory in the Philippines and paved the way for the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the final defeat of Japan. Located in the middle of the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal was seen as the test of strength between the Japanese and Americans. The Battle of Guadalcanal enters the history books as the first lost battle of the Japanese in World War II and as the first American beach landing since 1898. Great losses are suffered during this most grim battle. The battle scenes vary from hand-to-hand combat and enormous artillery bombardments to heavy fighting between the different naval units! Ultimately, the Japanese lost 24,000 men against 6,000 dead on the American side, in what turned out to be the springboard for the attack on Japan. It was the first time the Americans encountered the Japanese Bushido Code - the samurai's ancient warrior ideology stating that a soldier in the emperor's service has a duty to die, rather than be disgraced by being captured. Guadalcanal also sees the fantastic defensive victory when during retreat Edson's Raiders held out against 2,000 Japanese soldiers.

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