The War
Life's Accidents - Autumn 1944
Season 1 Episode 10 of 14
Examining General MacArthur's campaign to liberate the Philippines and his resultant popularity back home in America - which belied the scale of the bloodshed necessary for victory. The documentary also studies the US Army's losses in late autumn 1944, while trying to force its way through the heavily defended Hurtgen Forest and Vosges Mountains, which lie on Germany's eastern border
The War airs on PBS America (Freeview) at 3:15 PM, Wednesday 17 December.
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