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- 2001–TV EpisodeStarsOliver NorthThe Battle of Okinawa is recalled. Included: comments from veterans Dan Barton, Herman Buffington and Larry Delewski.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke BraceyWorld War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
- StarsOliver NorthThe Japanese island of Okinawa is the site of the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.
- StarsJonathan BoothHirohitoChester W. NimitzAnticipating an excessive commitment of resources to take and hold the island, American war planners abandon an invasion of Formosa and focus directly on the Japanese home islands. They set their sites first on Okinawa to serve as a forward base of attack. Japan, seeking time to build defenses, plans to sacrifice Okinawa by fighting to the last man to delay the Allied advance. The Japanese are well prepared with layered defenses forcing American troops to fight a series of difficult, costly battles while naval forces deal with large, organized kamikaze attacks.
- DirectorDon HoranStarsPatrick O'Neal
- StarsDavid SessionsErik ThompsonMatthew Scott WilcoxThe U. S. Army and Marines battle a huge army of ferocious, entrenched Japanese who are making their last stand on Okinawa.
- DirectorJames BryceStarsEric MeyersA chronicle of the Battle of Okinawa (April-June 1945), the largest Allied amphibious assault of the Pacific campaign during World War II.
- DirectorSteve BakerStarsMichael CarrollDai TabuchiWilliam BarlowA detailed look at the invasion of Okinawa, the last great battle of World War II and the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific campaign. In the 82-day battle of attrition, more than 200,000 people died, including many Okinawan civilians.
- DirectorSherman GrinbergStarsJim BishopHunter RobbinsMitsuo Saeki
- DirectorArthur B. TourtellotStarsWestbrook Van VoorhisCrusade in the Pacific looks at the battle of Okinawa. American Army and Marine forces land unopposed and meet little resistance as they split the island in half. Later, as armies move north and south, fighting grows more fierce. Allied forces eventually capture the north half of the island. In the southern half, stiff Japanese resistance and rain bog down offensive operations. After weeks of fighting the advancing American troops eventually overwhelm defenders. In the end, the Battle of Okinawa proves costly for both sides.
- 2005– 40mTV EpisodeStarsGreg StebnerDon PeoplesPeter DuusIn the Philippines, Appari, the last port held by the Japanese, falls to U.S. forces, who now make contact with Filipino guerrillas. After three months of some of the most bitter fighting of the entire war, the Japanese finally cease trying to defend Okinawa against U.S. forces. At dawn the Japanese commander, Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima emerges from his bunker in a cave and commits ritual suicide in front of his shocked and demoralized staff officers. Victory at Okinawa places U.S. forces just 400 miles from mainland Japan. Lt. General Simon B. Buckner, commander-in-chief of the U.S. 10th Army, is killed by shrapnel as he visits front line troops.
- 2005– 42m7.2 (5)TV EpisodeBy the first week of April, 1944, tensions among the Allies were heating up. When Eisenhower decided to stop his advance at Elbe River, it let the Soviets take Berlin. In Bavaria, forces headed toward what they thought would be a Nazi final stand. And half a world away, men and machinery geared up for "Operation Iceberg," the Battle for Okinawa. 172,000 troops would meet staunch opposition from the island's fanatical Japanese defenders.
- 1998– 52m7.2 (14)TV EpisodeDirectorJonathan MartinStarsRobert PowellThere have been larger land battles and more protracted air campaigns than Okinawa but this was a combined operation, unparalleled in size, scope and ferocity.
- 2005– 44mTV EpisodeStarsGreg StebnerBronia RubinMax HastingsBerlin has been reduced to rubble, setting the stage for the Red Army's entry. Benito Mussolini's brutal murder forces Hitler to consider that his "Thousand Year Reich" is at an end, even though prisoners are still being marched to the death camps. And in the Pacific, the action at Okinawa comes to a boil as the Americans gradually infiltrate the forbidding Shuri region.
- StarsOliver NorthCarlo D'EsteMickey RooneyThe series recounts combat experiences, from World War II to the present.
- StarsTim Pigott-SmithJonathan BoothMajor battles of World War II are recounted in depth.
- StarsPatrick O'NealImportant campaigns and battles of the Second World War II are narrated.
- StarsErik ThompsonDavid SessionsMatthew Scott WilcoxA television program that chronicles famous shootouts from the perspective of both sides of the fight.
- StarsMichael CarrollJohn WukovitsDai TabuchiArchival aerial images, some lost or forgotten until now, are used to build 3-dimensional views of World War II Pacific battle sites. Including commentary by soldiers who fought in them, we revisit eight key battles of that war: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
- StarsJim BishopJack NickersonHermann ScheiffeleSyndicated series about World War II battles, in the words of soldiers from both sides of the battleline.
- StarsWestbrook Van VoorhisFrank GibneyRobert SherrodThe Pacific was a key battle ground during World War II. Combat here changed the tides of the war.
- StarsGreg StebnerMax HastingsKerry SmithThe Last Days of WWII is a twenty-six part historical documentary covering the final six months of combat in weekly segments to discuss the decisions, battles, strategies, and ultimate legacies of the war.
- StarsRobert PowellSwaylee LoughnaneRarely has a war produced such clear cut reasons to fight as World War II. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves thrown into fearsome, situations worthy of any Hollywood movie. The only difference in this series is that every story is true. Real people emerge as the Heroes of Telemark. Ordinary GIs and US Airforce and Navy personnel suddenly find themselves flying against the Japanese in China, jungle fighting in Burma and being dropped by submarine on enemy coasts at midnight. These untold stories can now be examined in great detail with the benefit of hindsight, newly-discovered film, maps and graphics. Each fifty-two minute story covers the background to the main action. It will give the viewer a clear view of the historical context, the strategic objective and the tactical effort made by flyers, sailors and foot-soldiers - often in the most oppressive and life-threatening situations - to win victory from the enemy.
- StarsEric MeyersSteve FahlMatthew John MorleyUltimate Warfare takes an exciting new look at some of the greatest battlefield conflicts in modern history. Using cutting-edge CGI animation and on the ground interviews to bring a new perspective to each battle, every episode profiles the decisive missions, heroes, and weapons, all of which played critical roles in turning the tide within historic battles.