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MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
Mussolini calls the Mediterranean "mare nostrum"--our sea. And seeks to exploit it to the full. British and Greek military forces, however, defeat the Italians, forcing the Germans to bring in the Afrika Korps. But it is in the heroic sea battles to take over the Mediterranean that is the crux. At issue is who controls the Suez Canal in Egypt. Eventually, the Allies triumph, and proceeded to destroy the Germans in the desert.
Aired: Dec 28, 1952 Genre: Documentary War & PoliticsCasts: Leonard GravesDuration: 30m Rating: 2.5 Country: United States of America Production:
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01: DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-194102: THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 194103: SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-194304: MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle05: MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta06: GUADALCANAL07: RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands08: MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-194209: SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-194310: BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic11: THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska12: THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls13: MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign14: ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign15: D-DAY: Normandy16: KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-194517: THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas18: TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur19: BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf20: RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines21: FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines22: THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender23: TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima24: THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean25: SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa26: DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war