Victory at Sea Episode 1 Part 1

Victory at Sea: Design for War

Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941

Victory at Sea is a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952, and ending May 3, 1953. It is now in the public domain.

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• battle
• Atlantic
• navy
• World
• War
• Two
• Hitler
• US
• Japan
• Germany
• Nazi
• submarine
• NBC
• TV
• television
• 1953
• 1954

[spartonboat1]

Today's generation is extraordinarily naive about how severe the war was and how difficult it was for US forces. The US came extremely close to losing in the first 6 months of the Pacific theater. Over 500,000 deaths. The winning of the Battle of Midway was a miracle! Japan had a huge advantage in terms of its naval forces.

The US will also involved the European and Atlantic actions.

So to those who post to denigrate the US, you are dramatically in need of research!!

[oriskany]

No DVDs when this was on TV. You just had to be ready and waiting.

Dad was career Air Navy when these came out, and yet he was right there in the living room watching these with me.

[lilcoco1998]

I watched this with my Grandfather! He has all six season of this..The awesome thing is we are learning about WW1 and WW2 in social studies and playing Victory at Sea in Band!

[al1936ful]

@desertdog111 Because the conservative factions of the U.S. did not want it to get involved in the war.

[Northatlantic2012]

It's been a long time since this documentary was shown on TV. It should be shown again, along with other programs that inform those who need informing of the great sacrifices that were made be American service members in World War II.

[jrusso9722]

My dear Father and I watched Victory at Sea, every Sunday night. Just a great father/son thing. I love my Dad for it.

[Icaller1915]

I watched this before!

[desertdog111]

The main thing that annoys me about the american involvement is why did'nt they get involved earlier in the first place? Did they have to wait to save britain when it was on deaths' doorstep? Or when japan gave them a kicking? I dont like the fact that that they say they did us a favour when they could've helped earlier on (instead of watching and doing nothing) and prevented more deaths.(Dont get me wrong i am not criticising the soldiers, only the government)

[morrieswigs]

thanks for these uploads!

[Moosey1789]

@darthmoon01 Eleven men were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at Guadalcanal. They were: Kenneth Bailey, John Basilone, Harold Bauer, Anthony Casamento, Charles Davis, Meritt Edson, Joseph Foss, William Fornier, Lewis Hall, Douglas Munro, and Norman Scott. All of the mothers of these men sat in a hospital room with each in their arms as infants, thinking of the names listed above. Will he do great things? Is this the right name for him? War is a terrible thing. Even "good" wars.

[NEWLOVE559]

@spartonboat1 good point