Victory at Sea

Germany dominates the Atlantic at the beginning of World War II.

As WWII begins, Britain faces Germany's U boat threat. The U.S. and Canada send vital aid via convoys as the isles grow isolated from mainland Europe.

The attack on Pearl Harbor as seen through the eyes of the Japanese.

Japan strikes U.S. Pacific bases, including Pearl Harbor. Despite losses, America declares war and mobilizes to stop Japan's expansion.

The Allies wage an anti-submarine war in the North Atlantic in 1942 and 1943.

America's first major victory in the Pacific, at Midway, shatters Japan's dreams of dominating the area.

The British defend the Mediterranean in the early days of the war.

The first U.S. ground victory in the Pacific is shown in captured Japanese film sequences.

The Allies surround and neutralize the Japanese bastion on Rabaul during their conquest of the Solomon Islands.

The Axis forces threaten to take the Suez Canal, but the British stubbornly defend it from 1940 to 1942.

American forces land in Algiers and Casablanca, while the British advance from the east, trapping Axis forces and ensuring their defeat.

The Allied buildup culminates in the destruction of the German Afrika Korps.

Naval battles occur in the South Atlantic, and the "Graf Spee" is scuttled.

The war "on top of the world" includes the Murmansk convoys, the struggle for the Aleutians and the raids on German bases in Norway.

Carriers wage war in the Pacific at Tarawa, Kwajalein and Eniwetok.

The New Guinea campaign by British Commonwealth and U.S. troops under Gen. MacArthur stresses amphibious warfare and jungle fighting.

The conquest of Sicily, the Allied invasion of the Italian mainland and the landings at Salerno and Anzio.

The amphibious invasion of Normandy is seen from conception to execution.

The culmination of anti-submarine warfare and the destruction of the Nazi U-boat fleet.

The Marianas are conquered; Guam becomes a forward base.

On the islands of Peleliu and Angaur, Allied forces close in on enemy positions.

While attempting to halt Allied advances, the Japanese fleet is destroyed.

American forces fight to dislodge the Japanese from the Philippines, capturing southern islands, landing on Luzon, and liberating Manila. MacArthur fulfills his promise: "I Shall Return."

The ground fighting for Luzon, the principal Philippine island, ends with the complete reconquest of the Philippines.

The destruction of Japanese shipping closes off communications between the home islands of Japan and their overseas outposts.

The destruction of the Axis naval forces in Europe.

As the Allied pincers close on Japan, attention focuses on the island of Iwo Jima.

British footage shows the war in Southern Asia and the Indian Ocean.

Kamikazes cause havoc among the Allied naval forces supporting the attack on Okinawa.

The Japanese surrender after atomic bombs destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki.