There are over 10,000 islands within the Pacific Ocean located between Asia and America, the vast majority of which possess little geopolitical importance in periods of peace - but during the Second World War a good measure of these outposts suffered through the dismal experience of armed conflict between two widely separated nations: Japan and The United States. This programme featuring combat footage describes the spread of the Japanese war machine throughout the Pacific and the Allied counterattack.
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