Iwo Jima: Invaluable as a forward U.S. airbase, the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima became the scene of earth-shaking bombardments and an epic bloody battle. A mountain redoubt, Kamikaze attacks and loose sand that bogged down troops and vehicles complicated the five week American assault against the Japanese defenders. Okinawa: American and Japanese footage provides a close-up view of another intense island battle. An amphibious landing of unprecedented size by American troops sought to claim a new base from which to disrupt Japanese supply lines. Ferocious combat sequences tell of the Okinawa offensive step by step, including Kamikaze raids and infantry action in atrociously difficult weather.

Special features: trivia questions; war zone photographs; biographies; descriptions ofJapanese battleships; slideshows; Honolulu Star excerpts. Special features: Direct scene access ; trivia quiz ; war zone pictures ; biography of Harry S. Truman ; Imperial Carrier Hiryu ; Honolulu Star excerpts. Title from disc label. Special features: Direct scene access ; trivia quiz ; war zone pictures ; biography of C. W. Nimitz ; Imperial Carrier Akagi ; Honolulu Star excerpts. Special features: Direct scene access ; trivia quiz ; war zone pictures ; biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt ; Imperial Carrier Shokaku ; Honolulu Star excerpts. Special features: Direct scene access ; trivia quiz ; war zone pictures ; biography of Douglas MacArthur ; Honolulu Star excerpts. Special features: Direct scene access ; trivia quiz ; war zone pictures ; biography of Tojo Hideki ; Imperial Carrier Soryu ; Honolulu Star excerpts.

V. 1. Kamikaze ; bonus feature: Know your enemy / directed by Frank Capra -- v. 2. December 7, 1941 ; bonus features: Pearl Harbor newsreel ; Formal Japanese surrender ; Recognition of the Japanese Zero fighter -- v. 3. Appointment in Tokyo ; bonus feature: Japan's air war -- v. 4. Iwo Jima ; bonus feature: Okinawa -- v. 5. The rise of the Japanese empire ; bonus feature: Surrender and occupation of Japan.