Real Time History

Season 2024, Episode 21

Episode Title: Battle of Saipan 1944: Total War in the Pacific

Air Date: 2024-11-15

Overview:

In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for D-Day. Thousands of American soldiers are about to attack a prepared enemy with formidable defenses. But this isn’t Normandy, this is the island of Saipan. And the bloody battle there will bring total war to the Pacific.