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Samurai and the Swastika

Samurai and the Swastika

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2006

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Documentary, History, War

User Score

77%

Original Title

Samurai and the Swastika

Production Companies

History

Director

George Kerevan

Description

Chronicles the strategic alliance between the Axis powers. Examines how Japan supplied Germany with much-needed raw materials for the war, while German engineers shared sophisticated rocket and jet-propulsion technology with their Japanese counterparts. Jointly, they supported anti-English uprisings in India, giving aid and military supplies to Bose Chandras, a dissident Indian general, and his guerilla army. They conspired to destroy the Panama Canal and cut off America's Pacific war from its crucial Atlantic supply operations. Uses computer animations to illustrate this plan.