HISTORY WWII

Details

• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Documentary, Special Interest, War
• Plot: HISTORY CLASSICS - WWII: UNSUNG HEROS; ; They presevered in some of the bloodiest battles ever fought, saved their fellow servicemen from imminent danger, and endured the unpredictability of the greatest war of the 20th century.; ; A stirring collection of bravery and conquest, WWII: UNSUNG HEROS details the horror and heroism of some of the most famous campaigns of military history, focusing on the soldiers sailors, airmen and Marines whose courage, quick thinking, and sacrafice helped pave the way to Allied victory. From Marine Red Mike Edson, who invented a new kind of high mobility warfare that helped win some of America's earliest ground battles, to sailor/scientist Swede Momsen, who directed the rescue and recovery of the 33 crewmen of the sunken submarine, Squalus, this inspiring assortment of documentaries from HISTORY provides an intimately personal survey of an epic war. Other topics covered include the elite Marine Raider battalions that confronted enemy forces in suprise hit-and-run raids, helping to destroy Japanese supremacy on the ground, and the Tuskegee airmen who, in the face of bigotry and ignorance, shattered racist stereotypes to fight bravely for their country.; ; WWII: UNSUNG HEROS includes 11 documentaries on 5 DVDs:; ; UNSUNG HEROS OF WWII: ; RED MIKE EDSON: MARINE RAIDER; ; UNSUNG HEROS OF WWII: ; SWEDE MOMSEN: SUBMARINE SAVIOR; ; WEAPONS AT WAR:; FIGHTING lEATHERNECKS OF WWII; ; DANGEROUS MISSIONS: MARINE RAIDERS; ; DANGEROUS MISSIONS: PATHFINDERS; ; DOGFIGHTS: TUSKEGEE AIRMEN; ; BLACK AVIATORS: FLYING FREE; ; A DISTANT SHORE:; AFRICAN AMERICANS OF D-DAY; ; HONOR DEFERRED; ; COMBAT JUMP; ; NAVAJO CODE TALKERS; ;
• Cast: Fritz Weaver, Roger Mudd, Lou Reda, Col. Joseph Alexander, Norman Stahl, Sammy Jackson, C.J. Rooks
• Director: Lou Reda
• Runtime: 7:50
• Company: A&E Television Networks, Lou Reda Productions
• Media Format: Movie