A collection of historic documentary films about European, African, and Pacific battles of World War II. Includes six films from the series Why we fight, directed by Frank Capra and produced by the U.S. War Department as military training films.

Videodisc release of 15 documentary films.

Disc 1 : Attack! The battle for New Britain (1944) -- The Battle of China -- Payoff in the Pacific (1945) ; Disc 2 : Appointment in Tokyo (1945) -- Attack in the Pacific -- With the marines on Tarawa ; Return to Guam (1944) -- To the shores of Iwo Jima ; This is Guadalcanal (1945) ; Disc 3 : Prelude to war -- The Nazis strike -- Divide and conquer -- The battle of Britain ; Disc 4 : The battle of Russia -- The great battle of the Volga (Russian with English voice-over) -- Desert victory (1943) -- The battle of San Pietro (1945).