Wake Island

John Farrow
Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Mikhail Rasumny, Hillary Brooke
1942
United States
Completed
English, Japanese
87 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asWake Island,is aUnited StatesProducerwomen sex,At1942Released in year
。The dialogue language isEnglish, Japanese,Current Douban rating7.0(For reference only)。
This film is based on real historical events from World War II, telling the story of the brutal warfare between the United States and Japan on Wake Island during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. military established powerful artillery on Wake Island in an attempt to thwart the Japanese invasion of the Pacific region. However, the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident changed everything. The successful Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor launched a fierce assault on Wake Island on their return journey, using overwhelming firepower. The defending U.S. troops fought valiantly but ultimately suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the enemy... It received four Oscar nominations in 1943 and won the Best Director award from the New York Film Critics Circle in 1942.