Crusade in Europe

Season 1 Episode 8: Sicily: Operation Husky

Jun 23, 1949TV-PG19m6.1

The decision is made at Casablanca to invade Sicily. Pantelleria is bombed and surrenders. The invasion convoys come after an airborne drop, and after a major storm. The landings are made and counterattacks weathered. Sicily is conquered...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Prelude to War

1. Prelude to War

Aired: May 5, 1949

The surrender at Reims ended the major phase of the European Theater of WWII....

Episode 3 America Goes to War

3. America Goes to War

Aired: May 19, 1949

President Roosevelt lectures Americans on their conduct. Churchill visits the...

Episode 4 Platform for Invasion

4. Platform for Invasion

Aired: May 26, 1949

Americans arrive in Britain, try to get along with the British civilians, and...

Episode 6 The Campaign

6. The Campaign

Aired: Jun 9, 1949

Eisenhower has to deal with keeping the French in North Africa from causing t...

Episode 7 Rommel Routed

7. Rommel Routed

Aired: Jun 16, 1949

Eisenhower describes how the Allies squeezed Rommel's forces in Tunisia. The ...

Episode 9 Assault on Italy

9. Assault on Italy

Aired: Jun 30, 1949

General Montgomery attacks Italy across the Strait of Messina. A landing is m...

Episode 12 Victory in Italy

12. Victory in Italy

Aired: Jul 21, 1949

Eisenhower tours the Italian Front in December, 1943. The terrain and weather...

Episode 14 D-Day

14. D-Day

Aired: Aug 6, 1949

Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one ...

Episode 16 Liberation of Paris

16. Liberation of Paris

Aired: Aug 18, 1949

The German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied air power. T...

Episode 17 Pursuit

17. Pursuit

Aired: Aug 25, 1949

Operation Anvil-Dragoon lands in Southern France on August 15, 1944. The troo...

Episode 18 The Battle of Supply

18. The Battle of Supply

Aired: Sep 1, 1949

The supply services strain to the utmost to supply the Allied advance. Equipm...

Episode 19 The Air War

19. The Air War

Aired: Sep 8, 1949

This film recounts the air offensive against Nazi Germany after the RAF had s...

Episode 21 Crossing the Rhine

21. Crossing the Rhine

Aired: Sep 22, 1949

The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany in the early part of 1945. The ...

Episode 22 Overrunning Germany

22. Overrunning Germany

Aired: Sep 28, 1949

The Western Allies entrap a large part of the German Army in the Ruhr Pocket,...

Episode 23 Victory's Aftermath

23. Victory's Aftermath

Aired: Oct 5, 1949

This installment talks about the lessons learned, both military and diplomati...

Episode 25 Russia

25. Russia

Aired: Oct 19, 1949

Russian and American attitudes about fighting war are compared. The Germans s...

Episode 26 Review

26. Review

Aired: Oct 26, 1949

This final installment is review of the entire series. Highlights deal with t...

Info about Crusade in Europe

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:War, Documentary, News