Victory at Sea: 1x13
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 island-hopping offensives using a new ship–the slow but vital LST. The price paid is high in both sides, but as Japanese casualties pile up in their never-ending losing battle against the Allied onslaught, their homeland only hears news of their victory being broadcast on the radio. We see also just how Japan’s people are suffering in defeat through a very touching scene of a massive funeral at the conclusion of this segment, providing a balance of how universal grief truly is.
1 - 1DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 Oct. 26, 1952- 1 - 2THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Nov. 02, 1952
- 1 - 3SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943 Nov. 09, 1952
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- 1 - 6GUADALCANAL Dec. 14, 1952
- 1 - 7RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands Dec. 21, 1952
- 1 - 8MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942 Dec. 28, 1952
- 1 - 9SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943 Jan. 04, 1953
- 1 - 10BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic Jan. 11, 1953
- 1 - 11THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska Jan. 18, 1953
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- 1 - 13MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign Feb. 01, 1953
- 1 - 14ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign Feb. 08, 1953
- 1 - 15D-DAY: Normandy Feb. 15, 1953
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- 1 - 17THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas Mar. 01, 1953
- 1 - 18TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur Mar. 08, 1953
- 1 - 19BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf Mar. 15, 1953
- 1 - 20RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines Mar. 22, 1953
- 1 - 21FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines Mar. 29, 1953
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- 1 - 23TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima Apr. 12, 1953
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- 1 - 25SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa Apr. 26, 1953
- 1 - 26DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war May. 03, 1953
