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 | | This is followed a section titled "Why We Fight," an explanation of where the meteors come from, namely the bug planet Klendathu, whose gravitational field produces "a limitless supply of bug meteors." The bugs use plasma to shoot the meteors out of orbit and toward Earth. |
 | | Suddenly, there is an interruption in the broadcast and the announcer says, "We break net now to take you live to the invasion of Klendathu." We see a reporter declaring, "It's an UGLY planet, a BUG planet..." He doesn't get to finish his sentence, since a giant bug rips him in half. |
 | | A BUG planet!" This sentiment was echoed by the announcer in Victory At Sea, who declares that "...in 1942 Guadalcanal was wild jungle, 90 miles of festering malaria and rainforest, bypassed for centuries by history, forgotten by man." The climate was degraded, and the enemy was vilified. |
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