Attack In The Central Pacific
Created in 1951, Crusade in the Pacific was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the Pacific Campaign on land, sea, and air. In 26 separate 30-minute episodes, the documentary journals the World War II through stock footage along with the timeless voice of Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode of Crusade in the Pacific, Part 11, “Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa,” looks at the Allied campaign in the Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific. Allied aircraft first target the Marshall and Gilbert islands in a series of raids. The United States then uses amphibious landings to attack the atolls of Makin and Tarawa. Casualties are heavy on Tarawa, but eventually the atoll is taken.
Credit to : PeriscopeFilm