Watch War Files online: Episode 31 War in the Pacific

From the moment it failed to achieve a crushing and total victory at Pearl Harbour, defeat was inevitable for Japan. But turning that inevitability into reality was to take a heavy toll in human lives, for the Japanese were tenacious fighters. Battles raged between the carrier fleets, at sea between Midway and the Marianas, until the Japanese were driven to Kamikaze suicide pilots ñ a last desperate throw of the dice of war.

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