Battlezone WWII: Marines in Combat

A look at the history of Guam and the entry of the US Marines into the battle against Japan for supremecy in the Pacific, covers the Solomons, New Britain, Guadalcanal, Bougainville

General Holland M Smith introduces the story of the attacks on Rabaul, the Solomon Islands and Midway

The US assault on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, 1943, and Tarawa

The US Marines attack the Marianas to get a bombing base within reach of Japan, the assault on Pelelieu

The US Marines continuing assault on Pelelieu, its capture and then onwards to Iwo Jima

The Marines move on to Okinawa, with periods of rest and recouperation between fighting