Battleline

Season 1 Episode 19 - The Fall of the Philippines

1964 · 27 min

TV-PG

Although U.S. & Filipino soldiers outnumbered the invading Japanese in 1942, the inexperienced troops were no match for the enemy’s superior training.

Subtitles: English

Starring:Jim Bishop Manuel Mabunga Isao Mukai

Directed by:Sherman Grinberg

S01:E01 - Iwo Jima

The Americans wanted to capture Iwo Jima to use as a base for airstrikes against Japan, but Japan fought fiercely to defend the island.

S01:E02 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

Retelling of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, told through the eyes of a Japanese flyer and an American sailor.

S01:E04 - Dunkirk

German advances through Belgium into France pinned thousands of Allied troops and, ultimately, more than 30,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk.

S01:E05 - The Fall of Poland

In September 1939, the Germans invaded Poland, marking the beginning of WWII. The Poles fought bravely, but they were no match for German blitzkrieg.

S01:E06 - Ploesti

The Ploesti Raid was a combined bombing mission by the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Air Force against Axis oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania in 1943.

S01:E07 - Battle for Paris

Authentic archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battle line combine to describe the liberation of Paris.

S01:E08 - El Alamein

The Battle of El Alamein halted the advance by the Axis forces into Egypt.

S01:E09 - Bridgehead on the Rhine

The March 1945 Allied capture and crossing of the bridge at Remagen over the Rhine River in Germany was both a strategic and symbolic victory.

S01:E11 - Anzio

Archival film footage & accounts from soldiers on both sides explore Operation Shingle, an Allied landing against Axis forces in Anzio, Italy.

S01:E12 - Operation Torch

Operation Torch—the Allied land, sea, and air invasion of North Africa—commences in June 1942, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

S01:E13 - Omaha Beach

June 6, 1944, the Allied landing on Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast of France is the scene of the bloodiest battle of D-Day.

S01:E14 - Battle of the Gothic Line

The story of one German field marshal's last line of defense along the summits of the Apennines during the fighting retreat of German forces in Italy.

S01:E15 - Battle of Midway

The islands of Midway were the focus of a brutal struggle between the Japanese Imperial Navy & the United States Pacific Fleet in the summer of 1942.

S01:E16 - Dieppe

The plan was to raid the town of Dieppe, demonstrate the strength of the Allies, and take pressure off the Eastern front. But it failed tremendously.

S01:E18 - Tarawa

Authentic archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battle line depict the Pacific battle for Tarawa.

S01:E19 - The Fall of the Philippines

Although U.S. & Filipino soldiers outnumbered the invading Japanese in 1942, the inexperienced troops were no match for the enemy’s superior training.