Great Campaigns Of WWII

Featuring 50 episodes on 4 DVDs, this set features the programming from the popular War in Europe and War in the Pacific DVD sets. Enjoy hours of footage from all over the world, covering the epic battles of the Second World War.

War in Europe
Offering a vivid depiction of America’s World War II campaign in Europe, the series employs war footage taken from the U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard, the British War Office, the National Film Board of Canada and captured Nazi materials. The program highlights strategic sessions with Allied and Axis power leaders and generals. Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis and Hugh James.

Includes:
Prelude to War
America’s Unpreparedness
America Goes to War
Platform for Invasion
Africa, Our First Offensive
The Campaign
Rommel Routed
Sicily, Operation Huskey
Assault on Italy
The Secret Life of Adolf HItler
The GI, Hero of the War
Victory in Italy
Preparation for Invasion
D-Day, August 4th
Beachhead and Breakthrough
Liberation of Paris
Pursuit
The Battle of Supply
The Air War
The Battle of the Bulge
Crossing the Rhine
Overrunning Germany
Victory’s Aftermath
The Battle of San Pietro
Russia
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War in the Pacific
This amazing documentary chronicles the compelling events that led up to Japan’s surprise bombing of the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and depicts the numerous air, land and sea battles that unfolded from 1942 until the fall of the Japanese empire in 1945. The priceless documentary footage compiled in this collection, sets you squarely in the center of the conflict and reveals the bravery, heroism and sacrifice that was the hallmark of the men and women of our armed forces during their service in World War II.

Includes:
The Pacific in Eruption
Awakening in the Pacific
The Rise of the Japanese Empire
America Goes to War in the Pacific
The U.S. and the Philippines
The Navy Holds - 1942
Guadalcanal: America’s First Offensive
War in the North: The Aleutians
The Road Back: New Guinea
Up the Solomon’s Ladder: Bougainville
Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa
The War at Sea
Speeding Up the Attack: The Marshalls
Stepping Stones to the Philippines
Battle for the Marianas
The War in the China - Burma - India Theatre
Palau: The Fight for Bloody Nose Ridge
MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
Bloody Iwo
At Japan’s Doorstep: Okinawa
The Air War on Japan
The Surrender and Occupation of Japan
Shifting Tides in the Orient
War in Korea