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"This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle of the Pacific, at Midway Island. While fictional, the film uses a great deal of documentary footage of the actual battle, featuring hundreds of ships of all sizes, from patrol boats to battleships and multiple carriers with hundreds of aircraft. US forces get wind of an imminent Japanese action and tries to sort fact from fiction, while the Japanese plan and execute their own attack plans. An epic on a grand scale that incorporates a huge cast, the film emphasizes the sheer scale of battles fought in the Pacific theater, which even when victorious, cost hundreds of lives.… (meer)
A few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American forces make a full attack on Japanese carrier, which is a great turning point during World War II. There were 20-25 uses of vulgarity and at least 5-8 uses of God's name in vain. Highly recommend minus the multiple uses of vulgarity.
Nel 1942, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, l'ammiraglio degli Stati Uniti, Chester Nimitz, conduce un'unità militare per decriptare i codici decriptati giapponesi e ottenere il controllo strategico delle isole Midway. (fonte: Wikipedia)
Nel giugno del '42, presso le isole Midway, si svolge la battaglia decisiva della guerra del Pacifico. Gli americani batterono i giapponesi grazie alla loro superiorità aerea.
"This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle of the Pacific, at Midway Island. While fictional, the film uses a great deal of documentary footage of the actual battle, featuring hundreds of ships of all sizes, from patrol boats to battleships and multiple carriers with hundreds of aircraft. US forces get wind of an imminent Japanese action and tries to sort fact from fiction, while the Japanese plan and execute their own attack plans. An epic on a grand scale that incorporates a huge cast, the film emphasizes the sheer scale of battles fought in the Pacific theater, which even when victorious, cost hundreds of lives.
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A few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American forces make a full attack on Japanese carrier, which is a great turning point during World War II. There were 20-25 uses of vulgarity and at least 5-8 uses of God's name in vain. Highly recommend minus the multiple uses of vulgarity.
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