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THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas (S01E17)

S01E17

A few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan launches an invasion of Guam, a U.S. territory, leading to a two-and-a-half-year occupation. The American forces eventually reclaim Guam and Saipan, culminating in a decisive victory that decimates the Japanese fleet in what is famously known as a "turkey shoot." The joy of the Guamanian people is evident as they express their gratitude with smiles, creating one of the most uplifting moments in Victory at Sea. Meanwhile, American troops are busy establishing bases across the Marianas in preparation for a major bombing campaign against Japan.

Show Rescue Me
Episode S01E17
Air Date Mar 01, 1953

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 S01E01 Guts S01E02 THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 S01E02 Gay S01E03 SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943 S01E03 Kansas S01E04 MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle S01E04 DNA S01E05 Orphans S01E05 MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta S01E06 Revenge S01E06 GUADALCANAL S01E07 Butterfly S01E07 RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands S01E08 Inches S01E08 MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942 S01E09 Alarm S01E09 SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943 S01E10 Immortal S01E10 BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic S01E11 Mom S01E11 THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska S01E12 Leaving S01E12 THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls S01E13 MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign S01E13 Sanctuary 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