Air Wars

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot (1x5)

Exibido em:: Dez 31, 2003

A look at "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot," an aerial battle over the Western Pacific in which the U.S. shot down more than 300 Japanese aircraft with a 12-1 kill-to-loss ratio. Learn how the US dominated the skies in the Pacific battle, culminating in the taking of the Mariana Islands. The ease with which the Japanese Air Force was decimated led the Americans to call the event "the turkey shoot."