Victory at sea
Subtitle: Vol. 2 : the legendary World War II documentary
By: a production of the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the United States Navy ; History Channel ; produced and written by Henry Salomon ; directed by M. Clay Adams
Contributors: Hanser, Richard; Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979; Graves, Leonard; Graves, Peter, 1926-2010; National Broadcasting Company, inc; Arts and Entertainment Network; NBC News; History Channel (Television network); New Video Group
Edition: 50th anniversary collector's ed.
Publisher: New Video; Arts and Entertainment
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; American Naval operations; Naval operations; Campaigns
Description: Mare Nostrum: operations in the Mediterranean from 1940-1942. Sea and sand: naval support plays a vital role in the Allied invasion of North Africa during 1942-1943. Beneath the Southern Cross: overlooked engagements in the Southern Atlantic. Magnetic North: the threat of invasion leads the U.S. to defend Alaska, while the Nazis target convoys to Murmansk. The conquest of Micronesia: Japanese and U.S. aircraft carriers square off near the Gilbert and Marshall islands. Melanesian nightmare: air support is critical to the brutal campaign to drive the Japanese from New Guinea.
Notes: Originally broadcast by NBC 1952-1953.

Narrated by Leonard Graves ; hosted by Peter Graves.

Not rated.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Mare Nostrum --; title: Sea and sand --; title: Beneath the Southern Cross -- ; title: Magnetic North --; title: The conquest of Micronesia --; title: Melanesian nightmare.