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Saipan – Island of Doom

Saipan - Island of Doom

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Specifications

  • UK, 1944
  • directed by Serge Viallet
  • 1.33:1
  • Dolby digital mono
  • colour, 51 minutes
  • Certificate: E (exempt)
  • Date Released: June 2004

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  • Part of the Archive of war series

Eureka! Classics | In 1944, America launched ‘Operation Forager’ – the invasion of Saipan – to enable them to launch their main attack on Japan.

Admirals Nimitz and Spruance planned for a gigantic fleet, carrying over 100,000 men, to attack the Pacific island of Mariana and land, initially, in Saipan. For the first time, planes were equipped with napalm bombs and phosphorous missiles. One of the main priorities was to stop the Japanese prolonging resistance by taking refuge in the sugar cane plantations and forested hills.

However, it is unlikely that anyone envisaged the reaction of the civilians on Saipan when face with invasion. Over one thousand Pacific islanders – men, women and children – voluntarily committed suicide within one month of the attack.

This film aims to give a greater understanding of the events on Saipan through eyewitness accounts.

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