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Discusses the Allied attempt to remove the Axis powers from Italy in 1943, a limited offensive carried out while preparations were made for a giant invasion of France.

Describes the bloody, three-month-long battle of U.S. Marines and Japanese troops for control of Guadalcanal, part of the Solomon Islands located between Hawaii and Australia.

Traces events leading up to the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and describes the horrible effects produced by the atomic explosion.