Victory at Sea

Design for Peace

The Japanese surrender after atomic bombs destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Suicide for Glory

Kamikazes cause havoc among the Allied naval forces supporting the attack on Okinawa.

The Road to Mandalay

Japan invades China in 1936, but the Japanese are not satisfied, and they began to invade Indochina and Thailand, paving the way for the invasion of Burma.

Target Suribachi

The United States fight two battles: the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima against the Japanese, and the U.S. Navy against the typhoon.

The Fate of Europe

The destruction of the Axis naval forces in Europe.

Full Fathom Five

The destruction of Japanese shipping closes off communications between the home islands of Japan and their overseas outposts.

Return of the Allies

The ground fighting for Luzon, the principal Philippine island, ends with the complete reconquest of the Philippines.

The Battle for Leyte Gulf

While attempting to halt Allied advances, the Japanese fleet is destroyed.

Two if by Sea

Original Air Date: Sep 23, 2005

On the islands of Peleliu and Angaur, Allied forces close in on enemy positions.

The Turkey Shoot

The Marianas are conquered; Guam becomes a forward base.

The Killers and the Killed

The U-Boats are ascendant, and their triumphs trumpeted over Germany, but the Allies hit back with new bases in lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

D-Day

The amphibious invasion of Normandy is seen from conception to execution.

Roman Renaissance

The conquest of Sicily, the Allied invasion of the Italian mainland and the landings at Salerno and Anzio.

Melanesian Nightmare

The New Guinea campaign by British Commonwealth and U.S. troops under Gen. MacArthur stresses amphibious warfare and jungle fighting.

The Conquest of Micronesia

Carriers wage war in the Pacific at Tarawa, Kwajalein and Eniwetok.

Magnetic North

The war "on top of the world" includes the Murmansk convoys, the struggle for the Aleutians and the raids on German bases in Norway.

Beneath the Southern Cross

Naval battles occur in the South Atlantic, and the "Graf Spee" is scuttled.

Sea and Sand

The Allied buildup culminates in the destruction of the German Afrika Korps.

Mare Nostrum

The Axis forces threaten to take the Suez Canal, but the British stubbornly defend it from 1940 to 1942.

Rings Around Rabaul

The Allies surround and neutralize the Japanese bastion on Rabaul during their conquest of the Solomon Islands.

Guadalcanal

After training in Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal; the U.S. Navy suffers defeat after defeat at the hands of the Japanese Navy around the island.

Mediterranean Mosaic

Original Air Date: Nov 30, 1952

World War II comes to the Mediterranean Sea as Italian, French and British naval forces flex their muscle; British forces have the enviable position of guarding the sea.

Midway Is East

America's first major victory in the Pacific, at Midway, shatters Japan's dreams of dominating the area.

Sealing the Breach

With war now declared on the U.S. front, naval forces throughout the states have banded together to bring convoys of supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to the allies in England.

The Pacific Boils Over

The attack on Pearl Harbor as seen through the eyes of the Japanese.

Design for War

World War II comes, and Germany succeeds in invading Poland and France; but it's held back by England thanks to the vital convoys, Canada and the American naval forces' initial involvement, and Lend-Lease.