Synopsis
A documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in the USA in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy in 1954 as best public affairs program, played a major role in establishing historic documentaries as a viable television genre. When it first aired, NBC thought it so important that it had no commercial breaks. The series was also aired on The History Channel in 1996.
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- Language
- English
Episodes
- S1E1 · Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 1952
- S1E8 · Mare Nostrum: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942 1952
- S1E9 · Sea and Sand: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943 1953
- S1E10 · Beneath the Southern Cross: War in the South Atlantic 1953
- S1E11 · The Magnetic North: War from Murmansk to Alaska 1953
- S1E13 · Melanesian Nightmare: New Guinea Campaign 1953
- S1E14 · Roman Renaissance: Sicily and the Italian Campaign 1953
- S1E17 · The Turkey Shoot: Conquest of the Marianas 1953
- S1E23 · Target Suribachi: Iwo Jima 1953
- Episode 12 · Conquest Of Micronesia