Best Documentary for Pacific Theater?

[DonCzirr]

Looking for more of an emphasis on the military operations (wargaming perspective), with maps etc as opposed to the focus on individual

stories and social commentary etc ....

Any recommendations?

[Blond_Knight]

The BBC Battlefield series has some. Battlefield on Youtube

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

The BBC Battlefield series has some. Battlefield on Youtube

I can vouch for their handling of the battle of Midway. Amongst the best documentary series out there.

I didn't see any other Pacific-themed episodes in that series upon first perusal. Unfortunately, Battlefield does really focus on the European theatre of WWII. But it does a bang-up job on what it does tackle.

[Blond_Knight]

Yes I was referring it mostly for Midway but I thought I saw a Guadalcanal episode too.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

Yes I was referring it mostly for Midway but I thought I saw a Guadalcanal episode too.

Yer right. Guess what I'm watching this evening? [8D]

[DonCzirr]

Thanks for the tips guys.


I started a battle for Luzon in 41 as the Japanese and that does not seem too well covered anywhere - with MacArthur's return to the Philippines getting a lot more focus.


To the winner go the spoils .... and apparently the better documentaries as well [;)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

The BBC Battlefield series has some. Battlefield on Youtube

I can vouch for their handling of the battle of Midway. Amongst the best documentary series out there.

I didn't see any other Pacific-themed episodes in that series upon first perusal. Unfortunately, Battlefield does really focus on the European theatre of WWII. But it does a bang-up job on what it does tackle.

warspite1

I have Series 1 and 2 (the format changed for Series 3 and beyond iirc and I haven't seen them) and there is:

Series 1 - The Battle of Midway
Series 2 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf.

[Neilster]

Battlefield is very good but very slow paced and a bit repetitive.

From memory, Hell in the Pacific was good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfNfgsqWLE

Cheers, Neilster

Edit: Battlefield does go into the detail you're after though. The above series is more of an overview with excellent footage and analysis.

[leonette]

The BBC Battlefield series has som i confirme