
Despite nine naval ships searching the area no wreckage or body was found. In May 1937, during Amelia Earhart’s record-breaking attempt to fly around the world, both she and her plane mysteriously disappeared in the waters around Saipan. But its most famous visitor never made it home. Starting with the most famous mystery of the 20 th century, we visit Saipan, an island that’s attracting more and more visitors each year.

South Pacific: Islands of War explores these paradise isles and investigates some of the mysteries of the area to re-live horrific events that took place here around the Second World War.


Each year thousands of people flock to the crystal clear waters and white sands of the South Pacific islands, but few realise these idyllic atolls conceal some of the most bloody secrets of World War II.
