Victory In The Pacific (Widescreen)

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"Take no prisoners. Fight to the bitter end." Those were everyday words to combat troops on both sides at the end of World War II in the Pacific. And they led to an unprecedented orgy of slaughter. There was an obsession writes historian John Dower "with extermination on both sides - a war without mercy." In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, "American Experience" looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage point of bother the Japanese and the Americans. From the US capture of the Mariana Islands, through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, "Victory In The Pacific" chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life and the decisions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.

Special Features include:, -Discussions: "The Bomb And The End Of The War.", -"Target Tokyo" - Ronald Reagan narrates this 1945 film on the B-29's first mission.