The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color - Season 1 Episode 2 Battlefronts: 1942-1944

Name: The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 19 Feb 2003
Rating: 10.00
Cast: Martin Sheen

2003-02-19 55 minutes.

10.00 1 votes

Documentary War & Politics world war ii

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Feb 12, 2003

1 - 1

Infamy: 1919-1942 Feb 12, 2003
1 - 2

Battlefronts: 1942-1944 Feb 12, 2003
1 - 3

Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day Feb 19, 2003
1 - 4

Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945 Feb 19, 2003

Overview

The second episode focuses on the years 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America's military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images captured in color are the mobilization of women and African Americans on the industrial home front and in the military; the internment of Japanese Americans; American troops landing in North Africa, and tank battles in the North African desert; training of African-American aviators at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute; the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto; activity behind Nazi lines in Yugoslavia, and Yugoslavian resistance fighters helping downed U.S. airmen; and the boarding of troops onto landing craft bound for Normandy, scene of what was to be the largest amphibious invasion in history.

Year 2003

Studio PBS

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Popularity 0.7744

Language English