Name: Battlefronts: 1942-1944
Released: 2003-02-12

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

S1 · E2 — Battlefronts: 1942-1944

S1:E2 · Battlefronts: 1942-1944

Episodes

4 episodes in this season

Infamy: 1919-1942

55 min

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Battlefronts: 1942-1944

55 min

Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day

55 min

Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

55 min

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

TV Series

200355m10.0

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Battlefronts: 1942-1944

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Feb 12, 2003

The second episode focuses on the years 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America's military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images captured in color are the mobilization of women and African Americans on the industrial home front and in the military; the internment of Japanese Americans; American troops landing in North Africa, and tank battles in the North African desert; training of African-American aviators at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute; the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto; activity behind Nazi lines in Yugoslavia, and Yugoslavian resistance fighters helping downed U.S. airmen; and the boarding of troops onto landing craft bound for Normandy, scene of what was to be the largest amphibious invasion in history.

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The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

TV Series

200355m10.0

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Battlefronts: 1942-1944

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Feb 12, 2003

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