The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
Kanjūrō Arashi
Commander Ushijima
So Yamamura
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Tōru Abe
Deputy Chief Kawanishi
Kōji Nanbara
Captain Oshima
Kichijirō Ueda
Hajime Izu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Kyōko Ōgimachi
Nurse Soga
Machiko Hasegawa
Nurse Kitahara
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can only end in disaster; a sentiment shared by Imperial nobleman Reinhard von Lohengramm and Alliance Commodore Yang Wen Li, both of whom realize how to turn the fight in their favor. And while the tides of war may never change, these two men must rise to the occasion, solidifying their place in history as heroes.
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.