Crusade in Europe Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Africa: Our First Offensive

  British and American troops land in North Africa.

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 10:20pm EST - Military History Channel
• The Air War

  The first low-level Allied bombing raid is directed at Ploesti, Romania, in August 1943.

• America Goes to War

  At war both in Europe and the Pacific, America transforms its economy from peacetime to wartime.

  Next on: Saturday 12th December 10:20pm EST - Military History Channel
• American Military Government

  American Military Government officers undertake the task of administrating captured territory.

• America's Unpreparedness

  Before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States upgrades its military forces.

• Assault on Italy

  Britain's Montgomery moves across the Strait of Messina; the Italians surrender; the Germans counterattack.

• The Battle of Supply

  Supply forces overcome massive obstacles to keep equipment and ammunition flowing to the Allied offensive.

• The Battle of the Bulge

  In December 1944 the Allies and Germans square off in the Ardennes Forest in the Battle of the Bulge.

• Beachhead and Breakthrough

  As the Allies surge across Europe, Germany bombards England with V-1 and V-2 rockets.

• The Campaign

  The influence of the French complicates the Allied offensive in North Africa.

  Next on: Saturday 19th December 10:45pm EST - Military History Channel
• Crossing the Rhine

  British and U.S. forces rout opposition west of the Rhine; U.S. forces capture the bridge at Remagen.

• D-Day

  June 6, 1944: Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

• The GI: Hero of the War

  A hospitalized Army corporal recalls the lot of the fighting man during the Italian campaign.

• Liberation of Paris

  Utilizing two fronts in a pincer movement, the Allies push toward Paris.

• Overrunning Germany

  Soviet, British and American troops drive German forces back to Berlin.

• Platform for Invasion

  Eisenhower chooses to engage the Germans in North Africa.

  Next on: Saturday 12th December 10:45pm EST - Military History Channel
• Prelude to War

  The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party lays the groundwork for World War II.

• Preparation for Invasion

  Preparations begin for Operation Overlord -- the invasion of France across the British Channel.

• Pursuit

  Allied troops advance up the Rhone Valley, meeting Patton's Third Army at Dijon in September 1944.

• Review

  Film reviews major battles and negotiations of World War II.

• Rise and Fall of a Dictator

  Mussolini's Fascist Party seizes Italy, which becomes Hitler's ally.

• Rommel Routed

  British forces stop the Germans in Egypt in 1942; Eisenhower departs for Malta.

• Russia

  Eisenhower visits the Soviet Union and examines the nation as a world power.

• Sicily: Operation Husky

  Sicily is captured; Patton's Seventh Army sweeps into Italy.

• Victory in Italy

  From Tunisia, Eisenhower plans the landing at Anzio in January 1944.

• Victory's Aftermath

  Gen. Eisenhower considers lessons -- military, diplomatic and psychological -- of the war.