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Outstanding!

Derrik Mantel | Maplewood, MN USA | 04/11/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a spectacular documentary on Guadalcanal. It is the 2 disc version of the Timeless Media Group's Guadalcanal - Island of Death Documentary. There is a one disc version which has 9 reviews. This one has the wrong pubisher listed on the Amazon description which is why it might not get the proper attention it deserves.



It is nearly 4 hours (230 minutes) in length and does a specatacular job of telling the story. It contains commentary from 3 different historians and several veterans of the battle. It does a great job of highighting the ships lost in the various naval engagements. It does a nice job of comparing the aircraft involved. It uses computer animated maps to show troop movements for the major battles.



Here are the chapters on the two discs.



DISC 1

day of infamy* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)

the rising sun* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)

the coral sea* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)

midway* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)

pestilence

watchtower

first offensive

battle of savo island

first days ashore

the tenaru

battle for the eastern solomons

boredom and fear

battle of Edson's ridge

loss of the wasp* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)



DISC 2

reinforcement and reassessment* (does not appear on the one disc version of this video)

matanikau river actions

battle of cape esperance

bombardment

battle for Henderson field

battle of the santa cruz isalnds (carrier hornet gets sunk here)

point cruz & koli point

naval battle of guadalcanal

2nd naval battle of guadalcanal

the final push



There is an extra feature on the Disc 2. A video timeline of parallel military actions that occurred during the same time frame as guadacanal. These is include North Africa(Tobruk and El Alamein) and Russian front (Rostov and Stalingrad.)



I am completely impressed by this documentary. Timeless media group has some specatacular offerings, this one is no exception. I hope they continue to build on this degree of quality on all their productions.

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