Name: Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945
Released: 2003-02-19

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

S1 · E4 — Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

S1:E4 · Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

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4 episodes in this season

Infamy: 1919-1942

55 min

Battlefronts: 1942-1944

55 min

Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day

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

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200355m10.0

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Feb 19, 2003

The series concludes by covering America's efforts to win the war in the Pacific. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are U.S. troops staging a dawn landing on tiny but strategically important Tarawa; the U.S. attack on Iwo Jima and the raising of the American flag on Mount Surabachi; the desperate fight to save the U.S.S. Franklin after the aircraft carrier is hit and set on fire by armor-piercing bombs 50 miles from Japan; U.S. aircraft carriers under attack by kamikaze pilots during the battle for Okinawa; the funeral procession for President Roosevelt following his sudden death in April 1945; the devastation wrought on Hiroshima by the atomic bomb; the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri; and celebrations in the streets of New York marking the end of the war.

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

TV Series

200355m10.0

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Feb 19, 2003

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