Crusade in Europe Season 1 Episode 18 The Battle of Supply 1949
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The supply services strain to the utmost to supply the Allied advance. Equipment was offloaded at the "Mulberry" harbor as well as at Cherbourg. Black troops are featured as drivers for the "Red Ball Highways," which brought supplies to the Allied front. These lines ran 700 miles. The British take the port of Antwerp largely intact on September 4th. The Germans still held the approaches to Antwerp, and the British and Canadians fight to clear the mouth of the Scheldt River so the port can be used. By the end of November, 1944, Antwerp received supply ships. Antwerp is hit with V-1 and V-2 rockets.
- Released: 1949-09-01
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Stars: Maurice Joyce, Hugh James, Westbrook Van Voorhis, Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Director: Len Lye, Martha Schwartz, Fred Feldkamp, Arthur Tourellot, A.A. Girolami
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1. Prelude to War 1949-05-05
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2. America's Unpreparedness 1949-05-12
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3. America Goes to War 1949-05-19
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4. Platform for Invasion 1949-05-26
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5. Africa: Our First Offensive 1949-06-02
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6. The Campaign 1949-06-09
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7. Rommel Routed 1949-06-16
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8. Sicily: Operation Husky 1949-06-23
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9. Assault on Italy 1949-06-30
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10. Rise and Fall of a Dictator 1949-07-07
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11. The G.I: Hero of the War 1949-07-14
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12. Victory in Italy 1949-07-21
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13. Preparation for Invasion 1949-07-28
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15. Beachhead and Breakthrough 1949-08-11
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16. Liberation of Paris 1949-08-18
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17. Pursuit 1949-08-25
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18. The Battle of Supply 1949-09-01
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19. The Air War 1949-09-08
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20. The Battle of the Bulge 1949-09-15
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21. Crossing the Rhine 1949-09-22
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22. Overrunning Germany 1949-09-29
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23. Victory's Aftermath 1949-10-06
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24. American Military Government 1949-10-13
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25. Russia 1949-10-20
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26. Review 1949-10-27
