Animated map shows Guadalcanal, where Japanese were building up a base to interdict Allied supply routes to Australia, in World War 2. U.S. marines in full battle gear board a troop transport ship. Convoy of transport ships headed to Guadalcanal. A Benham class destroyer bombarding the island from close range. On 8 August, 1942, the day after the amphibious assault on Guadalcanal, U.S. marines of the 3rd Defense Battalion, are seen descending rope net from the Transport ship USS Zeilin (AP-9, later designated APA-3) to enter landing craft headed ashore to reinforce marines fighting Japanese defenders on Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo, in the Solomon Islands. U.S. ship firing its guns. U.S. marines wading ashore, relatively unapposed at Guadalcanal, on 7 August, 1942. U.S. Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Two officers with large binoculars are seen aboard a Japanese warship flying her Naval ensign. A Japanese Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber (Kate) taking off from carrier. A formation of Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) or Ki-44 Shōki (Tojo) aircraft in flight. Closeup of two overhead in silhouette. Glimpse of U.S. carrier (USS Wasp?) taking evasive action. Sky filled with puffs of black Flak at low altitude and contrails from dogfights at high altitude. Closeup of a Japanese Mitsubishi B5M Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Mabel) with others in formation in background. Bombs falling. View from carrier island of sailors running across deck of U.S. Carrier with smoke rising at site of bomb strike. Smoke obscuring the deck and beginning to clear. View from different U.S. carrier deck, past parked aircraft, to a camouflaged U.S. destroyer approaching astern. Carrier deck with Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers parked at its end, and black flak clouds overhead. Several night naval gun battle scenes followed by view of burning Japanese ship. Closeup of the wreck of the Japanese transport ship, Kinugawa Maru and views of other Japanese ships burning. U.S. army troops are seen marching along the sides of a road as they arrive in December, 1942, to relieve the marines on Guadalcanal. View of the embarkation operation on the shore as marines prepare to depart. Marines getting aboard Higgins boats (landing craft) for transport out to their transport ship, the USS Neville (AP-16, later redesignated APA-9).
The second day of the Anzio harbor invasion in Italy during World War II. Aerial view of smoke columns rising. U.S. soldiers at work. A soldier talks over a telephone. The soldiers fire an M114 155 mm howitzer placed under a camouflaged net
The second day of the Anzio harbor invasion in Italy during World War II. A convoy of ships in the harbor. Explosions near the ships. Smoke columns rise.
The second day of the Anzio harbor invasion in Italy during World War II. An aerial view of bomb explosions and smoke columns rising from the explosions. An aerial view of buildings and ground installations
The second day of the Anzio harbor invasion in Italy during World War II. U.S. artillerymen set up a 155mm gun (Long Tom) under a camouflaged net. An M4 High Speed Tractor tows another 155mm gun (Long Tom). The soldiers adjust the net above the gun. A soldier ties the net to the ground.
The second day of the Anzio harbor invasion in Italy during World War II. U.S. soldiers sit on a damaged army vehicle. An officer standing in front of debris observes through binoculars. Damaged buildings. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) carrying the soldiers approaches a harbor. The soldiers remove the debris. A bulldozer pushes the debris. The soldiers carrying baggage walk past the debris. The soldiers disembark from the LST on a wharf. They move past wrecked buildings. Trucks move off the LST. A soldier with a signal flag directs a boat on the dock. The trucks driven on a road.
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