Tag: Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea, The Turkey Shoot
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before...
Victory at Sea, Killers and the Killed
Victory in the Atlantic, 1943–1945 The U-Boats are ascendant, and their triumphs proclaimed in Germany. But the Allies fight back with new bases in...
Victory at Sea, D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy is detailed—from preparation to execution—courtesy of vintage footage from both sides. A great victory for the Allies.
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Victory at Sea, Roman Renaissance
Sicily and the Italian campaign. While Hitler's Germany begins its decline, Mussolini's Italy falls. Eventually, as Naples and Rome are bombed, the Italians surrender....
Victory at Sea, Melanesian Nightmare
New Guinea campaign. The Allies are victorious in New Guinea as they repel the Japanese. They thus bring the fight through a series of...
Victory at Sea,The Conquest of Micronesia
Carrier warfare and the Gilberts and Marshalls The ubiquitous aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy attack in the Central Pacific Ocean at the Gilbert...
Victory at Sea, The Magnetic North
War from Murmansk to Alaska This episode of Victory at Sea explores the battles between the Allies and Germans near the Arctic Circle, and...
Victory at Sea, Beneath the Southern Cross
War in the south Atlantic The South Atlantic becomes a front in the overall Battle of the Atlantic, from the pursuit of the German...
Victory at Sea, Sea and Sand
Invasion of North Africa, 1942–1943 The USSR government demands a "second front" as their country struggles against the Germans. The wish is granted as...
Victory at Sea, Mare Nostrum
Mediterranean Command, 1940–1942 Mussolini calls the Mediterranean "mare nostrum", or "our sea", and seeks to exploit it. British and Greek military forces, however, defeat...