(02)Victory at Sea "Guadalcanal" Episode 6 2 of 3

Victory at Sea "Guadalcanal"

Subscribe to excellent World War II videos


Episode # 6 As the United States prepares for war in the Pacific against the empire of Japan, the U.S. Navy organizes convoys full of supplies and Marines, all to be sent to New Zealand. After the U.S. Navy's successes in both the Coral Sea and at Midway a search plane takes a photo of an airfield being built by the Japanese on the island of Guadalcanal. Admiral Nimitz decides to land the Marines there in their first real action of the war. The battle will last months as many Americans lose their lives to both war and disease. But in the end, it is the Americans who prevail and use the airfield, now called Henderson Field to wreck havoc on the Japanese soldiers and sailors. The United States stops Japan dead in it's tracks and thwarts any hopes of a Japanese invasion of Australia. Now it's the Americans who will go on the offensive. World War II Victory at Sea Marines

Category:

Education

Tags:

• World
• War
• II
• Victory
• at
• Sea
• U.S.
• Navy
• United
• States
• Coral
• Midway
• Japanese
• Guadalcanal
• Marines
• Japan

[jamesdewer]

@phyliscd 1975 I joined in 79. 

[bhagwanesteve]

At 6:33, my father is the Marine reaching up to help the other Marine lower down the Marine who had just been killed by a Japanese sniper.  He said right after that the Japanese unleashed a ferocious bombardment on them. Actually that particular footage is taken from actions on Peleliu.

[phyliscd]

i started to watch victory at sea in 1952.and it was the influence for me to join the navy.

[prplhze2000]

33 seconds. they took a cavalier. Got to love those Bleinhems.

[oneofspades]

Guadalcanal should have been a lot easy if not for the US Navy. Poor coordination and over confidence almost cost the US the battle. But unlike some, US learned of its mistakes and got better.