1. Prelude to War
Aired: May 5, 1949The surrender at Reims ended the major phase of the European Theater of WWII....
2. America's Unpreparedness
Aired: May 12, 1949The draft law of 1940 is passed and American men are inducted into the Army. ...
3. America Goes to War
Aired: May 19, 1949President Roosevelt lectures Americans on their conduct. Churchill visits the...
4. Platform for Invasion
Aired: May 26, 1949Americans arrive in Britain, try to get along with the British civilians, and...
5. Africa: Our First Offensive
Aired: Jun 2, 1949The Troops of Operation Torch come from the U.S. and Britain. U.S. industry i...
6. The Campaign
Aired: Jun 9, 1949Eisenhower has to deal with keeping the French in North Africa from causing t...
7. Rommel Routed
Aired: Jun 16, 1949Eisenhower describes how the Allies squeezed Rommel's forces in Tunisia. The ...
8. Sicily: Operation Husky
Aired: Jun 23, 1949The decision is made at Casablanca to invade Sicily. Pantelleria is bombed an...
9. Assault on Italy
Aired: Jun 30, 1949General Montgomery attacks Italy across the Strait of Messina. A landing is m...
10. Rise and Fall of a Dictator
Aired: Jul 7, 1949On July 25th, 1943, Benito Mussolini is ousted from power. We then flashback ...
11. The G.I.: Hero of the War
Aired: Jul 14, 1949The Italian campaign was termed by most GIs as the toughest campaign in the E...
12. Victory in Italy
Aired: Jul 21, 1949Eisenhower tours the Italian Front in December, 1943. The terrain and weather...
13. Preparation for Invasion
Aired: Jul 28, 1949Eisenhower works with the Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff to plan the invasion o...
14. D-Day
Aired: Aug 6, 1949Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one ...
15. Beachhead and Breakthrough
Aired: Aug 11, 1949Eisenhower inspects the landing beaches and we see the "Mulberry" harbors put...
16. Liberation of Paris
Aired: Aug 18, 1949The German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied air power. T...
17. Pursuit
Aired: Aug 25, 1949Operation Anvil-Dragoon lands in Southern France on August 15, 1944. The troo...
18. The Battle of Supply
Aired: Sep 1, 1949The supply services strain to the utmost to supply the Allied advance. Equipm...
19. The Air War
Aired: Sep 8, 1949This film recounts the air offensive against Nazi Germany after the RAF had s...
20. The Battle of the Bulge
Aired: Sep 15, 1949The opening shows the American capture of Strasbourg from the Germans, follow...
21. Crossing the Rhine
Aired: Sep 22, 1949The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany in the early part of 1945. The ...
22. Overrunning Germany
Aired: Sep 28, 1949The Western Allies entrap a large part of the German Army in the Ruhr Pocket,...
23. Victory's Aftermath
Aired: Oct 5, 1949This installment talks about the lessons learned, both military and diplomati...
24. American Military Government
Aired: Oct 12, 1949The post-war government of Germany is shown. The U.S. in Cologne puts things ...
25. Russia
Aired: Oct 19, 1949Russian and American attitudes about fighting war are compared. The Germans s...
26. Review
Aired: Oct 26, 1949This final installment is review of the entire series. Highlights deal with t...