Battle for the Marianas
episode
Battle for the Marianas
Director: Arthur B. Tourtellot
Year: 1951
Season: 1, Episode: 15
Episodes: 26
Plot: Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign in the Mariana Islands. It examines the brutal marine invasion of Saipan and the effort to push back the Japanese counter-attack in the Philippians sea. On Saipan , Allied forces eventually push all the way to Marpi Point point and take the island. Japanese soldiers and civilians frequently choose death over surrender. Later, the Americans successfully invade Tinian and later Guam.—Shatterdaymorn
Original Title:
Battle for the Marianas
Director:
Arthur B. Tourtellot
Writer:
Fred Feldkamp
Producer:
Arthur B. Tourtellot
,
Fred Feldkamp
Type: episode
Year: 1951
Genres: Documentary, History, War
Cast:
Westbrook Van Voorhis
Original Air Date: 1951
Rating: 8.3
Votes: 6
Year: 1951
Producer:
Arthur B. Tourtellot
,
Fred Feldkamp
Miscellaneous Crew:
Joseph Stultz
,
Allen Dibble
,
Isabelle Kohn
,
Jane Boutwell
Season: 1
Episode: 15
Number of Episodes: 26
Episode of:
Battle for the Marianas