There is a reason why its called the "Forgotten War", because most people have no clue about the basics. Let HipHughes grease up your frontal cortex and then slide down the hill of learning going through the basic causes and fundamentals...

Following the attack on Southern Korea by the Russian dominated North Koreans, Mr Tehi Chang Yun, the South Korean Minister in London, made an early comment on the situation. In a swift, bold decision, the United States sea and air...

Pictures of the taking of Balikpapan in Borneo show the pounding taken by the Japanese. Oil wells going up in smoke took away one of the Japan's biggest sources. The Australians swiftly secured their foothold and the battle moved...

The re-capture of Manila was not effected without large areas of the city being devastated. Thousands of Filipinos were left homeless, they appeared with pitiful possessions looking for food and shelter. General MacArthur who led the...

Manila, capital of the Philippines, has been captured by the Americans. The local population was out on the streets to welcome the troops and handed out refreshments. General MacArthur formally handed over the civil administration to...

The campaigns of 1944 were planned at the Tehran Conference, with the meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. ® ® The Russians continued to sweep forward, liberating city after city, they reached the borders of Poland and moved...

During the battle of Leyte a hit Japanese plane crashes into an American landing-craft full of troops. On Saipan the Americans have been completing an Airbase from which to strike at Japan. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

The story of General MacArthur's return to the Philippines opens with a violent carrier-based air blitz on those islands and their communications. When the General landed he was accompanied by President Osmena. Filipino guerrillas had...

Japanese aircraft raid Manila, the capital of the Philippines. General MacArthur, the American Commander, eventually moved his army into the Bataan peninsular. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

American troop reinforcements arrive in Australia in the wake of General MacArthur. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...

General MacArthur himself flew over the battlefield in North Korea after the capture of Pyongyang, the Red Capital. He saw Airborne troops dropped to cut off the retreating communist forces. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

The tiny Wake Island, far out in the Pacific and miles from anywhere, was the place where President Truman met General MacArthur - for the first time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

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Action in Korea has now swept North far beyond the 38th Parallel and new pictures from Seoul are vivid evidence of the toughness of the battle. Mr Truman leaves Washington Airport on his way to the dramatic rendezvous on Wake Island...

Captives are filmed by Newsreel cameramen in Korea. Also captured Russian built equipment. Wounded GIs from the front, receive immediate treatment on their way back to base hospitals. In Tokyo, for the first time in history, the United...

Japanese aircraft raid Manila, the capital of the Philippines. General MacArthur, the American Commander, eventually moved his army into the Bataan peninsular. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

Japanese aircraft raid Manila, the capital of the Philippines. General MacArthur, the American Commander, eventually moved his army into the Bataan peninsular. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

During the battle of Leyte a hit Japanese plane crashes into an American landing-craft full of troops. On Saipan the Americans have been completing an Airbase from which to strike at Japan. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...