Discovery Channel - Battlefield Series 4 (2000) Part 4 Pearl Harbor

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 4 Pearl Harbor

This documentary covers the period in the Pacific War during World War II when the Japanese armed forces were on the ascendant. In the west, the Japanese carrier fleet attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor; in the east, the Japanese army took the vital British base at Singapore. December 7, 1941 Under the command of Admiral Yamamoto, 360 Japanese planes take off on a deadly mission. They will completely surprise and destroy America's naval base Pearl Harbor. America, which until then has remained neutral in World War II, loses on that day as many as 19 warships and 2000 soldiers. The infamous Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was one of the most significant events of World War II. Brilliantly planned and executed though it was the attack bought the mighty USA into the war with disastrous consequences for the Axis powers. The attack was masterfully planned and carried out, but it was as big a surprise for Hitler and Mussolini as it was for the Americans. Quite unnecessarily, they declared war on the United States, which led to American opinion turning against the Axis powers. Meanwhile in Malaya, the Japanese Army was sweeping through the country towards the vital British base at Singapore.

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