December 7th 1941. In a devastating surprise attack waves of Japanese bombers and their fighter escorts tear into the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. After years of intense economic sanctions and international criticism for its invasion of China Japan has decided to conquer the Pacific...
Originally released under the title 'Smashing The Reich' this superb documentary film draws entirely on newsreel footage from both Allied and Axis sources and avoids the jingoistic tone, which blights many films made in the immediate post-war era. Using a sparse, well-scripted narration the film brilliantly documents how strategic bombing was used to cripple the German war effort and highlights the failure of area bombing as a weapon of terror. The role of the Allied tactical air force in ac...
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