Victory at Sea background

Victory at Sea

Season 1 Episode 4: Midway Is East

Japanese victories and the Battle of Midway. The Japanese are ascendant as they successfully invade the East Indies, Singapore and the Philippines. But the Americans are victorious, first on the Coral Sea and ultimately on Midway as they...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Design for War

1. Design for War

Aired: Oct 26, 1952

Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941. World War II begins and th...

Episode 3 Sealing the Breach

3. Sealing the Breach

Aired: Nov 9, 1952

Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943. With war now declared by the U.S., naval f...

Episode 4 Midway Is East

4. Midway Is East

Aired: Nov 23, 1952

Japanese victories and the Battle of Midway. The Japanese are ascendant as th...

Episode 5 Mediterranean Mosaic

5. Mediterranean Mosaic

Aired: Nov 30, 1952

Malta, the central access point to various locations in the Mediterranean Sea...

Episode 6 Guadalcanal

6. Guadalcanal

Aired: Dec 14, 1952

The Imperial Japanese had every intention of expanding its Greater Asia Co-Pr...

Episode 7 Rings Around Rabaul

7. Rings Around Rabaul

Aired: Dec 21, 1952

After the victory at Guadalcanal, Australia and the U.S. next planned to remo...

Episode 8 Mare Nostrum

8. Mare Nostrum

Aired: Dec 28, 1952

Benito Mussolini uses 'mare nostrum' which means 'our sea.' Italy's enters in...

Episode 9 Sea and Sand

9. Sea and Sand

Aired: Jan 4, 1953

The Russians asked the Allies to open a second front to divert some German fo...

Episode 11 The Magnetic North

11. The Magnetic North

Aired: Jan 18, 1953

The Murmansk Run required the shipping of lend-lease material by convoys to a...

Episode 13 Melanesian Nightmare

13. Melanesian Nightmare

Aired: Feb 1, 1953

The Japanese crafted Operation Mo to take control of New Guinea and thus ensu...

Episode 14 Roman Renaissance

14. Roman Renaissance

Aired: Feb 8, 1953

In Jul 1943, Operation Husky occurred - the amphibious landings at Sicily.whi...

Episode 15 D-Day

15. D-Day

Aired: Feb 15, 1953

What was involved in the planning, who was to be involved, and when would the...

Episode 16 Killers and the Kill

16. Killers and the Kill

Aired: Feb 22, 1953

Highlighting the June 4,1944 capture of the German submarine U-505 and her cr...

Episode 17 The Turkey Shoot

17. The Turkey Shoot

Aired: Mar 1, 1953

In June 1944, the U.S. decided to continue releasing islands from Japanese oc...

Episode 18 Two If by Sea

18. Two If by Sea

Aired: Mar 8, 1953

American troops were to free some Japanese held islands before MacArthur coul...

Episode 20 Return of the Allies

20. Return of the Allies

Aired: Mar 22, 1953

The Battle for the Leyte Gulf was only the first step that had been accomplis...

Episode 21 Full Fathom Five

21. Full Fathom Five

Aired: Mar 29, 1953

See the submariners training, relaxation styles, and preparation for warfare....

Episode 22 The Fate of Europe

22. The Fate of Europe

Aired: Apr 5, 1953

Visually see European and Russian city warfare sights in 1944 as the Allies f...

Episode 23 Target Suribachi

23. Target Suribachi

Aired: Apr 12, 1953

Before B-29 Flying Fortress' could bomb Japan from airfields on Iwo Jima, it ...

Episode 24 The Road to Mandalay

24. The Road to Mandalay

Aired: Apr 19, 1953

The oil and minerals contained in Burma were the cause of Imperial Japan's oc...

Episode 25 Suicide for Glory

25. Suicide for Glory

Aired: Apr 26, 1953

Suicide missions were desirous of all Japanese who were believers in the 'Div...

Episode 26 Design for Peace

26. Design for Peace

Aired: May 3, 1953

Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their population experience the atomic bombs ever ...

Watch Now

Streaming in:

Romania flag

  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Romania flagRomania
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States

Info about Victory at Sea

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:War, Documentary, Action