May 5, 1949
The surrender at Reims ended the major phase of the European Theater of WWII. The film dissolves from the surrender to Hitler in ...Read more
May 12, 1949
The draft law of 1940 is passed and American men are inducted into the Army. Large-scale maneuvers are held in 1941. Pearl Harbo...Read more
May 19, 1949
President Roosevelt lectures Americans on their conduct. Churchill visits the U.S. American troops are deployed in England, and ...Read more
May 26, 1949
Americans arrive in Britain, try to get along with British civilians, and are made ready physically and mentally to fight the Germ...Read more
June 2, 1949
The troops of Operation Torch come from the U.S. and Britain. U.S. industry is shown going to full war production. Equipment is ...Read more
June 9, 1949
Eisenhower has to deal with keeping the French in North Africa from causing trouble in the American rear, while at the same time a...Read more
June 16, 1949
Eisenhower describes how the Allies squeezed Rommel's forces in Tunisia. The Afrika Korps attacks to the Kasserine Pass but is pu...Read more
June 23, 1949
The decision is made at Casablanca to invade Sicily. Pantelleria is bombed and surrenders. The invasion convoys come after an ai...Read more
June 30, 1949
General Montgomery attacks Italy across the Strait of Messina. A landing is made at Salerno to coincide with Italy's surrender, a...Read more
July 7, 1949
On July 25th, 1943, Benito Mussolini is ousted from power. We then flashback to his rise to power, including the Fascist march on...Read more
July 14, 1949
The Italian Campaign was termed by most G.I.'s as the toughest campaign in the European Theater. A G.I., now in a veteran's hospi...Read more
July 21, 1949
Eisenhower tours the Italian Front in December, 1943. The terrain and weather make life difficult for Allied troops. Pontoon bri...Read more
July 28, 1949
Eisenhower works with the Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff to plan the invasion of France and beyond. The Ruhr is featured because of...Read more
August 6, 1949
Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one hundred Allied ships bring the men and equipment acr...Read more
August 11, 1949
Eisenhower inspects the landing beaches and we see the "Mulberry" harbors put in place along the Normandy beaches. Airfields are ...Read more
August 18, 1949
The German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied airpower. The Allies cut off large German forces at the Falaise ...Read more
August 25, 1949
Operation Anvil-Dragoon lands in Southern France on August 15, 1944. The troops land against light resistance which gets stronger...Read more
September 1, 1949
The supply services strain to the utmost to supply the Allied advance. Equipment was offloaded at the "Mulberry" harbor as well a...Read more
September 8, 1949
This film recounts the air offensive against Nazi Germany after the RAF had successfully repulsed the Luftwaffe in the Battle of B...Read more
September 15, 1949
The opening shows the American capture of Strasbourg from the Germans, followed by the leave facilities for American servicemen. ...Read more
September 22, 1949
The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany in the early part of 1945. The Canadians cross in February, followed by the America...Read more
September 29, 1949
The Western Allies entrap a large part of the German Army in the Ruhr Pocket, and captures some 325,000 enemy soldiers. The Ameri...Read more
October 6, 1949
This installment talks about the lesson learned, military and diplomatic, about coalition warfare. It includes a reenactment of t...Read more
October 13, 1949
The post-war government of Germany is shown. The U.S. in Cologne puts things in order. The Potsdam Conference and Nuremberg War ...Read more
October 20, 1949
Russian and American attitudes about fighting war are compared. The Germans surrender to Zhukov, and Eisenhower goes to Moscow. ...Read more
October 27, 1949
This final installment is a review of the whole series. Highlights deal with the rise of Nazism, finishing with the Battle of Bri...Read more