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Victory at Sea

Documentary • 1953
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26 episodes

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Design for War

The uneasy peace of the 1930s explodes into war as Germany invades country after country. The Royal Navy successfully withdraws a huge Anglo-French army from Dunkirk, while farther afield German U-boats terrorize merchant shipping.

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The Pacific Boils Over

The rapid growth of Japanese power and influence in the Pacific puts it on a collision course with the United States, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Sealing the Breach

With America now in the war, regular trans-Atlantic convoys bring much needed supplies and reinforcements to the British Isles. But the U-boats of the German Kriegsmarine inflict painful losses on merchantmen, putting the Allied war effort in jeopardy.

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Midway is East

As Japans military rampages unchecked across the Pacific, American naval commanders plot to stop the enemys advance at a remote island called Midway.

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Mediterranean Mosaic

Sitting at a strategic crossroads in the Mediterranean, the island of Malta becomes a punching bag for Axis aggression, while the British Royal Navy valiantly defends the island from invasion and aerial attack.

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Guadalcanal

After discovering a Japanese airfield under construction on a remote island called Guadalcanal, United States military leaders decide to make it the site of Americas first counteroffensive in the Pacific.

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Rings around Rabaul

Following the Allied victory at Guadalcanal, American military leaders launch a campaign to isolate the major Japanese base at Rabaul.

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Mare Nostrum

Benito Mussolini thrusts Italy into the war on the side of Germany, leading to an invasion of Greece and a spillover of the conflict into the deserts of North Africa.

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Sea and Sand

The Allied counteroffensive against Germany begins with Operation Torch, an amphibious invasion of North Africa.

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Beneath the Southern Cross

World War II touched every corner of the globe, even the far away South Atlantic, where naval battles, commerce raiders and submarine attacks were a constant reality of life at sea.

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The Magnetic North

The war reaches the top of the world, as Allied convoys make the hazardous run to land supplies at Murmansk. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, the United States makes plans to liberate two Alaskan islands from Japanese occupation.

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The Conquest of Micronesia

As U.S. naval supremacy continues to build in the Pacific throughout 1943, American military leaders plan amphibious landings in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

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Melanesian Nightmare

Working in concert with their Australian and New Zealander allies, the United States thwarts Japans invasion of New Guinea.

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Roman Renaissance

Beginning with amphibious landings in Sicily and continuing with an invasion of the Italian mainland, the Allies slowly dismantle the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.

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D-Day

The Allies land on the beaches of Normandy to begin Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious invasion in the history of war.

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Killers and the Kill

Despite new Allied ships, tactics, and technologies, the Kriegsmarines U-boat war continues to terrorize the Atlantic shipping routes.

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The Turkey Shoot

The American military liberates Guam and the rest of the Mariana Islands from Japanese control, leading to one of the largest and most one-sided aerial battles in history.

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Two If by Sea

The American military closes in on the liberation of the Philippines, wresting islands like Peleliu away from Japanese occupation.

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The Battle for Leyte Gulf

The United States military liberates the Philippine island of Leyte. But the Japanese Imperial Navy launches a complicated and risky operation to foil the American invasion, culminating in the largest naval battle of World War II.

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Return of the Allies

Fulfilling the solemn promise of General Douglas MacArthur, the Americans return in force to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation.
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Full Fathom Five

Using lessons learned from the German U-boat campaign, American submarines unleash a wave of destruction and death upon Japans merchant fleet.

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The Fate of Europe

Hitlers Third Reich crumbles as the Allies close in on Germany from both east and west.

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Target Suribachi

Three years of grueling island and jungle warfare culminates in the campaign for Iwo Jima, one of the deadliest battles of the Pacific war.

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The Road to Mandalay

In order to prevent the collapse of China, the Allies launch a campaign to open a supply route through Southeast Asia.

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Suicide for Glory

The American military storms into Okinawa, setting off the final great battle of the war. But the Japanese counter with waves of their terrifying suicide weapon, the kamikaze.

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Design for Peace

World War II concludes with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. American troops occupy the Japanese home islands, and the weary military forces of the Allies make a triumphant homecoming.

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