This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is designed to give military instructors ideas on presenting "Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War," lesson 12 in "Evolution of Modern Warfare." It offers suggestions for how to present the Cold War context, thinking on nuclear strategy and deterrence, and the post-WWII reorganization of the military and national security apparatus. Panelists show how the existence of nuclear weapons led to questions of whether...

From August 1942 until February 1943, two armies faced each other amid the malarial jungles and blistering heat of Guadalcanal Island. The Imperial Japanese forces needed to protect and maintain the air base that gave them the ability to interdict enemy supply routes. The Allies were desperate to halt the advance of a foe that so far had inflicted crippling losses on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, then seized the Philippines, Wake Island, the Dutch...

World War II - U.S. Engineers Build Airfield at Bougainville, Solomon Islands

An account of the battle history of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Featuring dramatic footage and informative maps, this series details the string of island battles and subsequent victories across the Pacific. Contains episodes: New Britain--isolating Rabaul; Terrible Tarawa; Saipan--gateway to Japan; Guam--fall and recapture.

World War II - Joint US/New Zealand air strikes against the Japanese at Bougainville, Solomon Islands (part 2)

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. President Roosevelt addresses students in Washington, D.C. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry Wallace witness the launching of the USS Iowa. 3. Veterinarians inspect drafted dogs. 4. Navy torpedo boats tested. 5. President is inaugurated in Dominican Republic. 6. Marines land in the Solomon Islands behind bombardment.

"P. T. Deutermann's previous novels of the US Navy in World War II - Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, and Sentinels of Fire - have been acclaimed by reviewers and readers for their powerful drama and authentic detail. In The Commodore, the Navy in 1942-1943 is fighting a losing battle against Japan for control of the Solomon Islands. Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey is tasked to change the course of the war. Halsey, a maverick, goes on the...

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. 8th Air Force planes bomb Hamburg by day and fight off German fighters on their return to England; Royal Air Force planes prepare for a night mission. 2. The aircraft carrier Wasp is launched. 3. Volo Song wins at Goshen, New York. 4. Scenes at the Quebec Conference (Roosevelt; Churchill; Admirals King and Mountbatten; Generals Marshall, Arnold, and Portal; T. V. Soong; Mackenzie King....

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Liberators bomb the Solomon Islands; Navy battalions build an airstrip in the Gilbert Islands. 2. Locomotives for use in India are constructed in a Canadian factory. 3. The hospital ship Acadia docks. 4. Army-Navy football game in Australia. 5. General Eisenhower and General Clark survey the Italian front; 5th Army troops enter the town of Lagone. 6. Allied planes bomb Occupied France....

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. A UN rally and parade in Santiago, Chile. 2. A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands; Admirals Halsey and Nimitz; General MacArthur lands in New Guinea; planes land reinforcements; artillery pounds Japanese positions; infantry advances through jungle swamps. 3. U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa; American and British convoys.