Crusade in Europe Season 1 Episode 15 Beachhead and Breakthrough 1949
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Eisenhower inspects the landing beaches and we see the "Mulberry" harbors put in place along the Normandy beaches. Airfields are built and supplies offloaded. V-1 rockets attack London. We see Germans build the V-2 rockets. Storms wreck a Mulberry harbor and damage the other. Cherbourg is taken, but is wrecked by the Germans. The British and Canadians work to take Caen. Operation Cobra is launched to break out of Normandy.
- Released: 1949-08-11
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Stars: Maurice Joyce, Hugh James, Westbrook Van Voorhis
- Director: Len Lye, Martha Schwartz
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1. Prelude to War 1949-05-05
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2. America's Unpreparedness 1949-05-12
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3. America Goes to War 1949-05-19
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4. Platform for Invasion 1949-05-26
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5. Africa: Our First Offensive 1949-06-02
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6. The Campaign 1949-06-09
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7. Rommel Routed 1949-06-16
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8. Sicily: Operation Husky 1949-06-23
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9. Assault on Italy 1949-06-30
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10. Rise and Fall of a Dictator 1949-07-07
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11. The G.I: Hero of the War 1949-07-14
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12. Victory in Italy 1949-07-21
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13. Preparation for Invasion 1949-07-28
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15. Beachhead and Breakthrough 1949-08-11
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16. Liberation of Paris 1949-08-18
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17. Pursuit 1949-08-25
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18. The Battle of Supply 1949-09-01
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19. The Air War 1949-09-08
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20. The Battle of the Bulge 1949-09-15
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21. Crossing the Rhine 1949-09-22
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22. Overrunning Germany 1949-09-29
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23. Victory's Aftermath 1949-10-06
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24. American Military Government 1949-10-13
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25. Russia 1949-10-20
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26. Review 1949-10-27
