Crusade in Europe

tv show

poster for Crusade in Europe

26 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired May 05, 1949

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Beachhead and Breakthrough

Season 1 - Episode 15 - 0h 0m

Air Date

August 11, 1949

Overview

Eisenhower inspects the landing beaches and we see the "Mulberry" harbors put in place along the Normandy beaches. Airfields are built and supplies offloaded. V-1 rockets attack London. We see Germans build the V-2 rockets. Storms wreck a Mulberry harbor and damage the other. Cherbourg is taken, but is wrecked by the Germans. The British and Canadians work to take Caen. Operation Cobra is launched to break out of Normandy.