October 26, 1952 • 30m
World War II comes, and Germany succeeds in invading Poland and France. But is held back by England thanks to the vital convoys, C...Read more
November 2, 1952 • 30m
Using Japanese footage, we see the planning, execution, and ultimately the celebration of the Asian country's attack on Pearl Harb...Read more
November 9, 1952 • 30m
With war now declared on the U.S. front, naval forces throughout the states have banded together to bring convoys of supplies acro...Read more
November 23, 1952 • 30m
Japan is ascendant as it successfully invades Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. But the Americans draw first blood, first ...Read more
November 30, 1952 • 30m
World War II comes to the Mediterranean Sea as Italian, French and British naval forces flex their muscle. British forces have the...Read more
December 14, 1952 • 30m
After training in Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal. The U.S. Navy suffers defeat after defeat at th...Read more
December 21, 1952 • 30m
The Japanese Navy is ascendant in its conquests, of which its linchpin is the main base at Rabaul in the New Britain Islands. This...Read more
December 28, 1952 • 30m
Mussolini calls the Mediterranean "mare nostrum"--our sea. And seeks to exploit it to the full. British and Greek military forces,...Read more
January 4, 1953 • 30m
The Soviet Union demand a "second front" as their country struggles under the might of the Nazis. The wish is granted as Roosevelt...Read more
January 11, 1953 • 30m
The South Atlantic becomes a front in the overall Battle of the Atlantic, from the pursuit of the Graf Spee to the battle between ...Read more
January 18, 1953 • 30m
This episode of Victory at Sea explores the battles between the Allies and Germans over the Arctic Circle, and the convoys battlin...Read more
January 25, 1953 • 30m
The ubiquitous aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy goes into the attack in the Central Pacific at the Gilberts and Marshalls, destro...Read more
February 1, 1953 • 30m
The Allies are victorious in New Guinea as they repel the Japanese. They thus bring the fight through a series of island-hopping o...Read more
February 8, 1953 • 30m
While Hitler's Germany starts its decline, Mussolini's Italy falls. Eventually, as destruction is heaped upon Naples and Rome, Ita...Read more
February 15, 1953 • 30m
The Allied invasion of Normandy--from preparation to execution--is detailed to very compelling effect courtesy of vintage footage ...Read more
February 22, 1953 • 30m
The U-Boats are ascendant, and their triumphs trumpeted over Germany. But the Allies hit back with new bases in lands bordering th...Read more
March 1, 1953 • 30m
Guam, a U.S. territory, gets invaded by Japan a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains under occupation for two and a half years ...Read more
March 8, 1953 • 30m
Before the Philippines, the United States first attacks Peleliu and Anguar. Through communiques, we follow the bloody battle in its ferocity.
March 15, 1953 • 30m
The Japanese fleet is fast disappearing, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines. It ends in de...Read more
March 22, 1953 • 30m
Just after the U.S. entered World War II, the Japanese conquered the Commonwealth of the Philippines, an American protectorate, br...Read more
March 29, 1953 • 30m
In this episode of Victory at Sea, we see how the U.S. Navy's submarines contributed to the Japanese empire's downfall, sinking th...Read more
April 5, 1953 • 30m
Sevastopol was liberated, and the Allies finally crush Germany. We also witness the meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin on...Read more
April 12, 1953 • 30m
The United States fought two battles here--the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima against the Japanese, and the U.S. Navy against the typhoo...Read more
April 19, 1953 • 30m
Japan invades China in 1936, but the Japanese are not satisfied, and they began to invade Indochina and Thailand, paving the way f...Read more
April 26, 1953 • 30m
In one last ditch effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots--the Kamik...Read more
May 3, 1953 • 30m
The atomic bomb is detonated, and its effects demonstrated at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that, Japan surrenders, and their count...Read more