5 real historical locations · Japan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' companion series to Band of Brothers follows three Marines — Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge — through the island-hopping campaign against Japan. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, it captures a theatre defined by brutality, disease, and racial hatred.
CinemaMapped has mapped 5 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Japan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Episodes 1–3 — Marines land on Guadalcanal and fight brutal jungle battles against Japanese forces. Henderson Field is the key objective.
The Guadalcanal campaign lasted six months (August 1942 – February 1943) and was the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific. Japan lost over 38,000 men and the ability to contest the air and sea around the island...
View location →Episodes 5–7 — Battle of Peleliu. One of the bloodiest and most costly battles in the Pacific. Portrayed with brutal realism.
The Battle of Peleliu (September–November 1944) was predicted to last four days. It lasted over two months. Of the 10,900 Marines who landed, 6,526 were killed or wounded. Many historians question whether the island n...
View location →Episodes 8–9 — Battle of Iwo Jima. US Marines fight for the volcanic island over 36 days of intense combat.
Of the 21,000 Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima, only 216 were taken prisoner. The island was needed for emergency landing strips for B-29s bombing Japan — over 2,400 bomber crews made emergency landings there before the...
View location →Episode 9 — Battle of Okinawa. The last major island battle of the Pacific War.
The Battle of Okinawa (April–June 1945) was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific. Over 12,000 Americans, 110,000 Japanese soldiers, and an estimated 100,000 Okinawan civilians died. Its scale helped convince ...
View location →Episode 4 — the Marines assault Cape Gloucester in December 1943, fighting through jungle mud and Japanese bunkers.
Cape Gloucester was captured January 16, 1944 after three weeks of brutal jungle fighting in torrential rain. The 1st Marine Division suffered 1,647 casualties. The campaign secured New Britain's western tip and isola...
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