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Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 001

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Feb 14, 2011

The Battle of Solomon Islands in WW II was a series of naval and air engagements between Allied and Japanese forces, fought around the strategically vital Guadalcanal, resulting in a pivotal Allied victory and turning the tide in the Pacific theater.

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Season 1, 10 episodes

Season 1

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 001,

The Battle of Solomon Islands in WW II was a series of naval and air engagements between Allied and Japanese forces, fought around the strategically vital Guadalcanal, resulting in a pivotal Allied victory and turning the tide in the Pacific theater.

27m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 002,

World War II aircraft included iconic planes like the Japanese Zero, American F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat, engaging in intense dogfights and strategic bombing campaigns across vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean.

25m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 003,

The Kokoda Track in World War II was a treacherous mountainous trail in Papua New Guinea, where intense jungle warfare unfolded between Australian and Japanese forces during the Kokoda Track campaign, marking a crucial phase in the Pacific theater.

28m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 004,

The Battle of the Gilbert Islands in WW II was a pivotal amphibious assault by the U.S. against heavily fortified Japanese positions, resulting in intense, costly fighting and ultimately securing a crucial step in the Central Pacific island strategy.

28m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 005,

The Marshall Islands were strategically significant in World War II as their capture by the United States provided crucial forward bases for airfields and naval operations, facilitating the Allied island-hopping campaign towards Japan in the Pacific theater.

29m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 006,

Battle of Guadalcanal in WW II was a fiercely contested six-month-long campaign between Allied and Japanese forces, primarily fought on land, sea, and air around the Solomon Islands.

28m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 007,

The Battle of Peleliu in World War II was a grueling amphibious assault by U.S. forces against heavily fortified Japanese positions on the Pacific island, lasting from September to November 1944 and resulting in significant casualties on both sides.

29m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 008,

The fighting on Iwo Jima in WW II involved intense and brutal combat between U.S. Marines and entrenched Japanese forces on a strategically crucial volcanic island in the Pacific.

24m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 009,

The Battle of Okinawa in WW II was a fierce and prolonged amphibious assault by Allied forces against well-defended Japanese positions on the island, marking the largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater.

28m Feb 14, 2011

Pacific Inferno: Warriors of WWII - Episode 010,

The end of World War II in the Pacific was marked by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, prompting Japan's surrender, formalized on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, effectively ending the conflict in the Pacific.

22m Feb 14, 2011