Leo Genn
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Attack! The Battle of New Britain is a documentary/propaganda film produced by the US military in 1944. It details, as its name implies, the New Britain campaign, which was part of the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns during World War II.
Dec 31, 2014 · Attack! Battle of New Britain. Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
- 59 min
- 15.6K
- k-otic
Feb 20, 2015 · This documentary produced by the War Department's Office of War Information during World War II details the New Britain campaign, which was part of the New Guinea and Solomon Islands...
- 56 min
- 242
- The Federal File
Battle of New Britain: With Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan. Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
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- 1944-06-20
- Documentary, Action, War
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The New Britain campaign was a World War II campaign fought between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces. The campaign was initiated by the Allies in late 1943 as part of a major offensive which aimed to neutralise the important Japanese base at Rabaul, the capital of New Britain, and was conducted in two phases between December 1943 and the end ...
- 15 December 1943-21 August 1945
- Allied victory
- New Britain, Territory of New Guinea
Dec 3, 2018 · Attack! The Battle of New Britain is a documentary/propaganda film produced by the U.S. War Department in 1944, depicting events in 1943.. It details, as its...
- 56 min
- 312K
- PeriscopeFilm
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An in-depth look at the Allies attack on New Britain during WWII including Japanese fortresses of Arawe Beach, Cape Gloucester and how local people helped with the training of soldiers in jungle tactics.
