Little-Known Facts About the HBO Miniseries, ‘The Pacific’ | War History Online

The Pacific War was unlike any military conflict before it, in terms of its scale, scope, and savagery. With never-seen rare footage filmed in color of the combat and lighter slice-of-life moments of troops at sea and island life, as well as first-hand personal accounts of the soldiers, Smithsonian Channel offers a powerful, dramatic look at the frontlines in the Pacific during World War II, in a new, groundbreaking eight-part series, “THE PACIFIC WAR IN COLOR.” Each of the episodes bring the wa