Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

Name: Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Director: Craig Haffner
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Released: 2003-06-02
Duration: 6300 s
Cast: Will Lyman, Brad Borman, Robert F. Haidinger

Directed by Craig Haffner

TV-G

2003 1h 45m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [History](/on-demand/category/history)

8.710.0

This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors. From December 8th until December 23rd, 1941 the defenders thwarted an aerial attack and an attempted amphibious landing from a naval task force before finally being overwhelmed by the third attempt by the Japanese Imperial Navy.