VIDEO CLIPS OF WWII

Paratroopers flying and in combat

Combat in Iwo Jima

Battle of Midway l942

MARINES AT TARAWA

The Memphis Belle

story of a flying fortress

Report from the Aleutions 1943

Battle of Ardeene l944

Band of Brothers-Kryptonite

Veterans of WWII speak

with combat clips

"MY DAD NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT" 

       

WWII ACTION

Ambon Island survivors

U.S. Army campaigns WWII

BATTLE OF THE BULGE

1944-45 

76,000 wounded or killed worst battles in terms of losses - to the American Forces in WWII

D DAY

invasion of Normandy, involved more than 150,000 men and 5,000 ships

Normandy, France June 6, 1944

Color Prints WWII

WWII Planes

IWO JIMA

February, l945

The Marines lost 6,891 men killed and 18,070 wounded. Out of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers on the island, only 212 were taken prisoners

OKINAWA

April, l945

The Americans also lost 36 ships. 368 ships were also damaged. 763 aircraft were destroyed. The Japanese lost 16 ships sunk and over 4,000 aircraft were lost.

GUADALCANAL

August 7, l942

11,000 Japanese soldiers were taken off the island in the so-called 'Tokyo Night Express'.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

June l942

The consequences of the Battle of Midway for the Japanese were huge

IMPORTANT BATTLES WWII

C-47 TROOP CARRIERS

Action Clips WWII

February, l942

Wake was not recaptured by American forces during the war. Air raids on Wake occurred throughout the war.  The U.S. recovered Wake Island after the Japanese surrender in 1945.

WAKE ISLAND

P-38 LIGHTING

1943  Clip of the battle at Tarawa, with

personal narrative.

BATAAN

1942

Approximately 55,000 of over 75,000 prisoners reached Camp O'Donnell. That equates to ~20,000 prisoners murdered or missing along the way and that doesn't even begin to tell the atrocities they were about to encounter...........

For the survivors it was the beginning of a four year struggle to survive Japanese captivity after being placed in Japanese forced labor camps in China. Less than 2,000 Americans survived the "forced labor" camps.

MARIANAS ISLAND -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" landing after the atomic bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Two Pilots WWII

Battle true story

Story of two pilots   Unbelivable situation.

One serving in Germany and the other serving in England.