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Tanks on Tarawa

Greatest Tank Battles (TV Show)
Season 3, episode 5: Tank Battles of the South Pacific

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"By 1942, the Japanese Empire stretched halfway across the Pacific Ocean. This is the rarely told story of the key role played by US Marine tanks in the Pacific Campaign .They fight bloody battles against fanatical Japanese forces that defend the now infamous Islands of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa."

Historian advisor: Dr. Oscar E. Gilbert
Veterans interviewes: Ed Bale, Bill Dunkel, Ed Gazel, C. Ash.


This is the first documentary ever made, describing the actions of tanks in the Pacific.


Watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqZLVFrdA4

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