The final of five episodes documenting the history of the US Marines in the Pacific theatre of WW2. This episode tells the tale of the Marines during, and after, the Okinawa campaign at the end of World War Two.
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Jaktory House: Europe's Forgotten Bat...
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In Defence of the Reich: Hitler's Atl...
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Australia's Pearl Harbor: The Bombing...
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