Name: MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
Released: 1953-02-01

The Allies achieve victory in New Guinea, successfully fending off the Japanese forces. This leads to a series of island-hopping campaigns supported by the crucial, albeit slow, LST ships. The toll of this conflict is steep for both sides, but as Japanese losses mount in their relentless struggle against the Allied advance, their homeland only receives reports of victories through radio broadcasts. A poignant scene of a large funeral at the end of this segment highlights the profound suffering of the Japanese people, illustrating the universal nature of grief amidst the chaos of war.

Show Victory at Sea

Episode S01E13

Air Date Feb 01, 1953

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 S01E02 THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 S01E03 SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943 S01E04 MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle S01E05 MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta S01E06 GUADALCANAL S01E07 RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands S01E08 MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942 S01E09 SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943 S01E10 BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic S01E11 THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska S01E12 THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls S01E13 MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign S01E14 ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign S01E15 D-DAY: Normandy S01E16 KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945 S01E17 THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas S01E18 TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur S01E19 BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf S01E20 RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines S01E21 FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines S01E22 THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender S01E23 TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima S01E24 THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean S01E25 SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa S01E26 DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war

MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign (S01E13)

Season 1 Episodes