| Title |
True stories of WWII. Volume three. |
| Published |
Australia : A+E Networks : Distributed by Beyond Home Entertainment, [2018] |
| ©1999, 2005, 2006, 2018 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (178 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Beyond Home Entertainment : BHE7836S3. |
| Included in the True Stories of WWII Collector's Edition box set, ISBN: 5021456225620. |
| Includes four History Channel World War 2 documentaries. |
| Contents |
Death of the Japanese Navy (2006) -- Secret Weapons (2008) -- The True Story of the Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne (1999) -- WWII: Assault on Germany (2005). |
| Summary |
Death of the Japanese Navy: The Japanese fleet, led by the battleship Yamato, and the small U.S. task group known as Taffy 3 wage battle in the Pacific. |
| Secret Weapons: Top secret weapons designed to turn the tide during World War II; Japan's kaiten suicide torpedo; Germany's rocket-powered Me 163 Komet; the U.S. Navy researches remote-controlled aircraft. |
| The True Story of the Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne: From the night jumps behind Omaha Beach to the division's transformation from parachutes to helicopters during Vietnam, this is a comprehensive chronicle of the men, battles and commanders that have made the division into the one of the most celebrated forces in the annals of the U.S military. |
| WWII: Assault on Germany: In 1944, General Eisenhower's order was short and to the point: destroy the German army, If successful, Allied forces would win the war in Europe. This episode recounts and re-enacts the experiences of US soldiers who participated in one of WWII's greatest military campaigns. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 2.0, Region 4, PAL, 16:9, 4:3. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Germany. -- Heer |
| 101st Airborne Division Association |
| Japan. -- Kaijō Jieitai |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- History |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American |
| Documentary films -- United States |
| Genre |
Documentary films |
| Nonfiction films |
| War films |
| Historical films |
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