CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 0h 51m

Battle of Okinawa in Color

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By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 51m
Language
EN
Released
June 25, 2017
Studios
Smithsonian Channel

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Jeff Wilburn

Jeff Wilburn

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Self - Commander of the U.S. 10th Army (archive footage)

Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz

Self - Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (archive footage)

Mitsuru Ushijima

Self - Commander of the Japanese 32nd Army (archive footage)

Creative team
Written by
Dan J. Wolf
Produced by
Dan j. Wolf

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