Walter Cronkite gives his own fascinating perspective on the war during his experience as a war correspondent in Europe in an interview with CBS News Correspondent Charles Kuralt. The second section of the film is actual footage of the Battle of the Bulge, seen through the eys of those who were there at the front.
Witness the crucial battles and follow along as the Allies race toward the heart of Germany. In Paris, the French resistance goes on the offensive. In the Netherlands, the largest airborne assault in military history throws the Germans on the defensive. Walter Cronkite details the lucky break that carries the Americans over the bridge at Remagen.
The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor paved the way for Japan's swift advance across the Far East. Walter Cronkite recounts those dark days, including the destruction of United States airpower in Asia at Clark Field, the fall of Singapore and the defeats at Bataan and Corregidor. Also covered is the daring Doolittle Raid, the first strike of the war against the Japanese homeland.
Witness the rise and fall of the Fascist and Benito Mussolini as Walter Cronkite leads a wartime tour of Italy. Follow Il Duce's first moves as an aggressor that led ultimately to disastrous defeat with the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy.
Walter Cronkite presents the chronicle of the two amphibious assaults that would change the course of World War II in Europe. The first assault was Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. The second was Operation Overlord, the invasion of France over the beaches of Normandy, a titanic event that has simply become known as D-Day.
Witness historic military exploits from the Himalayas to the islands of the Central Pacific. Go along with the daring airmen that fly the "Hump" over the Himalayan Mountains, bringing vital supplies to a desperate China. Follow along with the Marines on the invasion or Tarawa, one of the bloodiest and brutal invasions of the war, where America learned the lessons of amphibious warfare the hard way. Walter Cronkite takes you inside the invasion of Okinawa as U.S. forces battle a raging typhoon and kamikaze suicide pilots. Finally, take a unique look at the the Enola Gay, the B-29 that ushered in the atomic age and helped end World War II.
This volume documents the long and bloody campaign that took America from Midway to the blood-soaked beaches of Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Climb aboard a B-29 and see how U.S. bombers took the war to Japan's homeland.
Walter Cronkite recounts the awesome campaigns that took aim at the Third Reich from the skies. Join the daring low-level attack on the refineries of Ploesti. Climb aboard a B-17 for a bombing run over Germany. Fly through flak-filled skies and face German fighter pilots. View the secret aerial weapons, the V-1 and V-2, that Germany used in its indiscriminate campaign of terror against Britain.
From the Nazi destruction of Warsaw, to the almost suicidal convoys to Murmansk, the Eastern front was the scene of some of the most difficult and savage fighting of World War II, as evidenced by the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Stalingrad.
Walter Cronkite creates an unforgettable portrait of the rise and fall of the infamous inner circle of Nazi leaders. From incompetent lackeys like Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering, fanatical anti-semitic followers like Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and enigmas like Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, the German High Command brought untold suffering and death to millions.
The pristine, snowy landscape of Scandinavia and Northern Europe was the scene of brutal, sub-zero combat. Walter Cronkite surveys the fighting in Scandinavia and also reviews the Russo-Germans non-aggression pact and Hitler's surprise attack on the USSR.
This volume is a chronicle of war waged on the fringes of the Pacific Theater. Walter Cronkite reviews the war against the Japanese from the steamy jungles of New Guinea to the frozen Aleutian Islands. Also examined are U.S. coastal defenses, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and the internment of Japanese-American citizens, a troubling chapter of the war on the home front.
This volume chronicles the campaigns that raged from the major fronts of the war. Walter Cronkite covers the German led Russian units of "The Army of the Damned" and the barbaric civil war in Greece. Dramatic footage also captures the fall of Czechoslovakia, the relentless Axis assault on the Mediterranean Island of Malta and the South Atlantic drama played out by the German pocket battleship Graf Spee.
Experiences of Americans on the home front during World War II, including the mobilization of industry, civilian life adjustments, and the eventual celebration of Allied victory.