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Crusade in Europe

Crusade in Europe

1949 ★ 7.3 1 Seasons Documentary War & Politics

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Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

Prelude to War

Crusade in Europe

S01E01 1949-05-05

Prelude to War

The surrender at Reims ended the major phase of the European Theater of WWII. The film dissolves fr...

America's Unpreparedness

Crusade in Europe

S01E02 1949-05-12

America's Unpreparedness

The draft law of 1940 is passed and American men are inducted into the Army. Large-scale maneuvers...

America Goes to War

Crusade in Europe

S01E03 1949-05-19

America Goes to War

President Roosevelt lectures Americans on their conduct. Churchill visits the U.S. American troops...

Platform for Invasion

Crusade in Europe

S01E04 1949-05-26

Platform for Invasion

Americans arrive in Britain, try to get along with British civilians, and are made ready physically...

Africa: Our First Offensive

Crusade in Europe

S01E05 1949-06-02

Africa: Our First Offensive

The troops of Operation Torch come from the U.S. and Britain. U.S. industry is shown going to full...

The Campaign

Crusade in Europe

S01E06 1949-06-09

The Campaign

Eisenhower has to deal with keeping the French in North Africa from causing trouble in the American...

Rommel Routed

Crusade in Europe

S01E07 1949-06-16

Rommel Routed

Eisenhower describes how the Allies squeezed Rommel's forces in Tunisia. The Afrika Korps attacks t...

Sicily: Operation Husky

Crusade in Europe

S01E08 1949-06-23

Sicily: Operation Husky

The decision is made at Casablanca to invade Sicily. Pantelleria is bombed and surrenders. The inva...

Assault on Italy

Crusade in Europe

S01E09 1949-06-30

Assault on Italy

General Montgomery attacks Italy across the Strait of Messina. A landing is made at Salerno to coin...

Rise and Fall of a Dictator

Crusade in Europe

S01E10 1949-07-07

Rise and Fall of a Dictator

On July 25th, 1943, Benito Mussolini is ousted from power. We then flashback to his rise to power,...

The G.I: Hero of the War

Crusade in Europe

S01E11 1949-07-14

The G.I: Hero of the War

The Italian Campaign was termed by most G.I.'s as the toughest campaign in the European Theater. A...

Victory in Italy

Crusade in Europe

S01E12 1949-07-21

Victory in Italy

Eisenhower tours the Italian Front in December, 1943. The terrain and weather make life difficult f...

Preparation for Invasion

Crusade in Europe

S01E13 1949-07-28

Preparation for Invasion

Eisenhower works with the Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff to plan the invasion of France and beyond. T...

D-Day

Crusade in Europe

S01E14 1949-08-06

D-Day

Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one hundred Allied ships b...

Beachhead and Breakthrough

Crusade in Europe

S01E15 1949-08-11

Beachhead and Breakthrough

Eisenhower inspects the landing beaches and we see the "Mulberry" harbors put in place along the No...

Liberation of Paris

Crusade in Europe

S01E16 1949-08-18

Liberation of Paris

The German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied airpower. The Allies cut off large...

Pursuit

Crusade in Europe

S01E17 1949-08-25

Pursuit

Operation Anvil-Dragoon lands in Southern France on August 15, 1944. The troops land against light...

The Battle of Supply

Crusade in Europe

S01E18 1949-09-01

The Battle of Supply

The supply services strain to the utmost to supply the Allied advance. Equipment was offloaded at t...

The Air War

Crusade in Europe

S01E19 1949-09-08

The Air War

This film recounts the air offensive against Nazi Germany after the RAF had successfully repulsed t...

The Battle of the Bulge

Crusade in Europe

S01E20 1949-09-15

The Battle of the Bulge

The opening shows the American capture of Strasbourg from the Germans, followed by the leave facili...

Crossing the Rhine

Crusade in Europe

S01E21 1949-09-22

Crossing the Rhine

The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany in the early part of 1945. The Canadians cross in Feb...

Overrunning Germany

Crusade in Europe

S01E22 1949-09-29

Overrunning Germany

The Western Allies entrap a large part of the German Army in the Ruhr Pocket, and captures some 325...

Victory's Aftermath

Crusade in Europe

S01E23 1949-10-06

Victory's Aftermath

This installment talks about the lesson learned, military and diplomatic, about coalition warfare....

American Military Government

Crusade in Europe

S01E24 1949-10-13

American Military Government

The post-war government of Germany is shown. The U.S. in Cologne puts things in order. The Potsdam...

Russia

Crusade in Europe

S01E25 1949-10-20

Russia

Russian and American attitudes about fighting war are compared. The Germans surrender to Zhukov, an...

Review

Crusade in Europe

S01E26 1949-10-27

Review

This final installment is a review of the whole series. Highlights deal with the rise of Nazism, fi...

Cast

Maurice Joyce

Maurice Joyce

Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice)

Hugh James

Narrator (voice)

Westbrook Van Voorhis

Westbrook Van Voorhis

Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

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