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About A Tale Of Two Aces: Aerial Combat In The Pacific Theatre | Dogfight Over Guadalcanal

In the Battle for Guadalcanal, whilst fierce jungle fighting took place on the ground, one of the biggest aerial battles was taking place in the skies above. This documentary follows archaeologists as they study well preserved ruins on the groud to work out follow the story of this epic dogfight

A Tale Of Two Aces: Aerial Combat In The Pacific Theatre | Dogfight Over Guadalcanal is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 50 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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A Tale Of Two Aces: Aerial Combat In The Pacific Theatre | Dogfight Over Guadalcanal
Category
Society
Runtime
50 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real History

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