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Ended · 1952–1953

Victory at Sea

War / History

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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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 26 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
  2. S01 E02 · The Pacific Boils Over: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
  3. S01 E03 · Sealing the Breach: Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1941-1943
  4. S01 E04 · Midway is East: Japanese Victories & The Midway Battle
  5. S01 E05 · Mediterranean Mosaic: Gibraltar, Allied & Enemy Fleets, Malta
  6. S01 E06 · Guadalcanal
  7. S01 E07 · Rings Around Rabaul: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
  8. S01 E08 · Mare Nostrum: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
  9. S01 E09 · Sea and Sand: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
  10. S01 E10 · Beneath the Southern Cross: War in the South Atlantic
  11. S01 E11 · The Magnetic North: War from Murmansk to Alaska
  12. S01 E12 · The Conquest of Micronesia: Carrier Warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
  13. S01 E13 · Melanesian Nightmare: New Guinea Campaign
  14. S01 E14 · Roman Renaissance: Sicily and the Italian Campaign
  15. S01 E15 · D-Day: Normandy
  16. S01 E16 · Killers and the Kill: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
  17. S01 E17 · The Turkey Shoot: Conquest of the Marianas
  18. S01 E18 · Two If by Sea: Peleliu and Angaur
  19. S01 E19 · Battle for Leyte Gulf: Sea Battle for Leyte Gulf
  20. S01 E20 · Return of the Allies: Liberation of the Philippines
  21. S01 E21 · Full Fathom Five: U.S. Submarines
  22. S01 E22 · The Fate of Europe: Black Sea, South of France, Surrender
  23. S01 E23 · Target Suribachi: Iwo Jima
  24. S01 E24 · The Road to Mandalay: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
  25. S01 E25 · Suicide for Glory: Okinawa
  26. S01 E26 · Design for Peace: Surrender of Japan & Aftermath of War

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