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Kamikazes

2000
Examines the events and personalities that were instrumental in Japan's adoption of kamikazi, or suicide, missions in the later stages of World War II.

Midway and Guadalcanal

1984
Details the World War II battles between the Americans and the Japanese at the Pacific islands of Midway and Guadalcanal.

In the heart of the sea

the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
2000
Tells the story of the Essex, a whaleship that set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a routine voyage, and was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the South Pacific, setting the twenty-man crew adrift in three tiny boats.

Revenge of the whale

the true story of the whaleship Essex
2004
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.".

WWII battlefront

2001
Color film from the military engagements of World War II.

Pirates of the Caribbean #3: At World's End

2007
After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow, who is trapped in Davy Jones' Locker, they must face their foes. Lord Cutler Beckett, now has control of Jones' heart and forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, together. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her. The Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. All pirates will stand together and make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Pearl Harbor

the way it was, December 7, 1941
1982

Abandon ship!

saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's greatest sea disaster
2000
Chronicles the events surrounding the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and describes the ordeal the survivors endured.

From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

the war in the Pacific : 1941-1945
1960
Describes every major action in the Pacific during World War II: Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Corregidor, Midway, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Burma, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima, etc.

Enterprise

America's fightingest ship and the men who helped win World War II
2012
Describes the history of the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier that took part in twenty battles during World War II, describing her battles and crew.

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