Decisive Victory - DVD

Decisive Victory

With the Nazi blitzkrieg overtaking Europe and Japan conquering China, the U.S. was the only major world power not at war - until the Sunday afternoon in December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Three days later they landed on Luzon, and Death March tells the grim fate of our forces in the Philippines, while Decisive Victory offers a brief history of the battle of Midway, the turning point in the Pacific campaign.

They Beat the Japs presents personal portraits of the campaign's historic heroes like Adm. Chester Nimitz, who assumed command of the Pacific fleet in the dark days following Pearl Harbor, and then led it to victory. Also profiled are the hero of Guadlacanal, Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift; his successor as the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. Clifton B. Cates; and the father of modern amphibious warfare, Gen. Holland M. Smith.