Collects 23 documentaries about the campaigns of World War II that were made during or soon after the conflict. Attack! The battle for New Britain (1944): Depicts the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strongholds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre in 1943. Combat America (1943): Tells of the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War. Here is Germany (1945): Examines Nazi Germany's politics and history. Private Snafu (1943-44): Instructional cartoons featuring a well-meaning but blundering serviceman who winds up in a bind time and again after ignoring regulations. Target for tonight (1941): The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine. Thunderbolt (1947): Documents the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber pilots in missions (Operation Strangle) from their base in Corsica to Northern Italy in 1944, destroying railroads, bridges, trains, vehicles and hard targets. The true glory (1945): An account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. The battle of San Pietro: The battle of San Pietro (1944): Actual combat troops recreate the ten-day long bloody battle to clear the Germans from the Italian village of San Pietro in Italy.

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Attack! The battle for New Britain -- Combat America -- Here is Germany -- Private Snafu : 11 war cartoons -- The battle of France: blitzkrieg -- The battle of Britain: they stood alone -- The battle of the desert: sand, sweat and tears -- The battle of Moscow: the end of the road -- The battle of Stalingrad: death of an army -- The battle of the Pacific: the setting sun -- The battle of Italy: the Axis broken -- The battle of Normandy: the tide turns -- The battle of Berlin: the death of a city -- Target for tonight -- Thunderbolt -- The true glory -- The battle of San Pietro -- Bloody Iwo -- At Japan's doorstep: Okinawa -- The air war on Japan -- The surrender and occupation of Japan -- Shifting tides in the Orient -- War in Korea.