Victory at Sea

1952 - 1953 NR 30m 8.6

Twenty-six episode series about naval combat during World War Two. Famous for its music score, eloquent narration and combat footage.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Design for War

1. Design for War

Aired: Oct 26, 1952

Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941. World War II begins and th...

Episode 3 Sealing the Breach

3. Sealing the Breach

Aired: Nov 9, 1952

Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943. With war now declared by the U.S., naval f...

Episode 4 Midway Is East

4. Midway Is East

Aired: Nov 23, 1952

Japanese victories and the Battle of Midway. The Japanese are ascendant as th...

Episode 5 Mediterranean Mosaic

5. Mediterranean Mosaic

Aired: Nov 30, 1952

Malta, the central access point to various locations in the Mediterranean Sea...

Episode 6 Guadalcanal

6. Guadalcanal

Aired: Dec 14, 1952

The Imperial Japanese had every intention of expanding its Greater Asia Co-Pr...

Episode 7 Rings Around Rabaul

7. Rings Around Rabaul

Aired: Dec 21, 1952

After the victory at Guadalcanal, Australia and the U.S. next planned to remo...

Episode 8 Mare Nostrum

8. Mare Nostrum

Aired: Dec 28, 1952

Benito Mussolini uses 'mare nostrum' which means 'our sea.' Italy's enters in...

Episode 9 Sea and Sand

9. Sea and Sand

Aired: Jan 4, 1953

The Russians asked the Allies to open a second front to divert some German fo...

Episode 11 The Magnetic North

11. The Magnetic North

Aired: Jan 18, 1953

The Murmansk Run required the shipping of lend-lease material by convoys to a...

Episode 13 Melanesian Nightmare

13. Melanesian Nightmare

Aired: Feb 1, 1953

The Japanese crafted Operation Mo to take control of New Guinea and thus ensu...

Episode 14 Roman Renaissance

14. Roman Renaissance

Aired: Feb 8, 1953

In Jul 1943, Operation Husky occurred - the amphibious landings at Sicily.whi...

Episode 15 D-Day

15. D-Day

Aired: Feb 15, 1953

What was involved in the planning, who was to be involved, and when would the...

Episode 16 Killers and the Kill

16. Killers and the Kill

Aired: Feb 22, 1953

Highlighting the June 4,1944 capture of the German submarine U-505 and her cr...

Episode 17 The Turkey Shoot

17. The Turkey Shoot

Aired: Mar 1, 1953

In June 1944, the U.S. decided to continue releasing islands from Japanese oc...

Episode 18 Two If by Sea

18. Two If by Sea

Aired: Mar 8, 1953

American troops were to free some Japanese held islands before MacArthur coul...

Episode 20 Return of the Allies

20. Return of the Allies

Aired: Mar 22, 1953

The Battle for the Leyte Gulf was only the first step that had been accomplis...

Episode 21 Full Fathom Five

21. Full Fathom Five

Aired: Mar 29, 1953

See the submariners training, relaxation styles, and preparation for warfare....

Episode 22 The Fate of Europe

22. The Fate of Europe

Aired: Apr 5, 1953

Visually see European and Russian city warfare sights in 1944 as the Allies f...

Episode 23 Target Suribachi

23. Target Suribachi

Aired: Apr 12, 1953

Before B-29 Flying Fortress' could bomb Japan from airfields on Iwo Jima, it ...

Episode 24 The Road to Mandalay

24. The Road to Mandalay

Aired: Apr 19, 1953

The oil and minerals contained in Burma were the cause of Imperial Japan's oc...

Episode 25 Suicide for Glory

25. Suicide for Glory

Aired: Apr 26, 1953

Suicide missions were desirous of all Japanese who were believers in the 'Div...

Episode 26 Design for Peace

26. Design for Peace

Aired: May 3, 1953

Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their population experience the atomic bombs ever ...

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Info about Victory at Sea

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: War, Documentary, Action

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