Watch "Okinawa" with Fubo for $0 Today
Examine how the Marines landed in Okinawa, and it took 300,000 troops and 82 days to take the island; witness how 110,000 Japanese and 125,000 U.S. troops died in the battle, along with as many as 150,000 civilians.
Examine how the Marines landed in Okinawa, and it took 300,000 troops and 82 days to take the island; witness how 110,000 Japanese and 125,000 U.S. troops died in the battle, along with as many as 150,000 civilians.
More episodes
Marines in Combat
"Korea 1950-1952, Pt.1 Landing at Pusan"Marines are sent directly to Korea; an air group attacks North Korean targets on land and sea; the Marines fight for Hills 342 and 255.
Marines in Combat
"Korea 1950-1952, Pt.2 Pusan Perimeter Battles"North Korean troops close in; Marines enter into savage hand-to-hand fighting on Obong-ni Ridge near Taegu.
Marines in Combat
"Okinawa"Examine how the Marines landed in Okinawa, and it took 300,000 troops and 82 days to take the island; witness how 110,000 Japanese and 125,000 U.S. troops died in the battle, along with as many as 150,000 civilians.
Marines in Combat
"Iwo Jima"Examine a volcanic island that had to be taken in 1945 for its airfields; learn how the Marines took it inch by inch, from pill-box to foxhole, with 26,000 American casualties and 21,000 Japanese.