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{ "se": "S01E01", "title": "Design for War", "tt": 740029, "air_date": "1952-10-26", "description": "Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941. World War II begins and the Germans succeed in invading Poland and France. But it is restrained by the British thanks to the vital convoys, Canadian and American naval forces' initial involvement and the Lend-Lease program. Still, the German submarine war increases its crescendo thanks to new French bases.", "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Winston Churchill", "nm": 161476, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Karl Dönitz", "nm": 246872, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Hermann Göring", "nm": 351425, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Adolf Hitler", "nm": 386944, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Erich Raeder", "nm": 706085, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "The Pacific Boils Over", "tt": 740047, "air_date": "1952-11-02", "description": "Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Using Japanese footage, viewers see the planning, execution and, ultimately, the celebration of the country's attack on Pearl Harbor. There is also an explanation provided for the attack and some peaceful moments depicted among the U.S. sailors before the fateful events begin. Though badly damaged, the U.S. Navy survives to fight again.", "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Cordell Hull", "nm": 401414, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Chiuichi Nagumo", "nm": 2000475, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Hideki Tojo", "nm": 865692, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Isoroku Yamamoto", "nm": 945426, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "Sealing the Breach", "tt": 740041, "air_date": "1952-11-09", "description": "Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943. With war now declared by the U.S., naval forces throughout the states have joined to bring convoys of supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to the Allies in England. German U-Boat wolf packs prey on the convoys but they steam valiantly onward despite terrible losses.", "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "Midway Is East", "tt": 740036, "air_date": "1952-11-23", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Jonathan M. Wainwright", "nm": 906539, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "Mediterranean Mosaic", "tt": 740034, "air_date": "1952-11-30", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Adolf Hitler", "nm": 386944, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Benito Mussolini", "nm": 615907, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "Guadalcanal", "tt": 740031, "air_date": "1952-12-07", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Ernest J. King", "nm": 454704, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "George C. Marshall", "nm": 550895, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E07", "title": "Rings Around Rabaul", "tt": 740038, "air_date": "1952-12-14", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Hirohito", "nm": 386375, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E08", "title": "Mare Nostrum", "tt": 740033, "air_date": "1952-12-21", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator", "voice": true } ] }, { "name": "Andrew Cunningham", "nm": 192231, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Bernard L. Montgomery", "nm": 599728, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Benito Mussolini", "nm": 615907, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Erwin Rommel", "nm": 739683, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E09", "title": "Sea and Sand", "tt": 740040, "air_date": "1952-12-28", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Winston Churchill", "nm": 161476, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "nm": 252032, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Henry Kent Hewitt", "nm": 2003300, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Erwin Rommel", "nm": 739683, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E10", "title": "Beneath the Southern Cross", "tt": 740025, "air_date": "1953-01-04", "description": "The British Navy engages German U-Boats and the pocket battleship Graf Spee in the South Atlantic. Meanwhile, the United States exerts it's influence to keep the Vichy French from turning vessels in Martinique belonging to the surrendered French government from falling into German hands.", "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Karl Dönitz", "nm": 246872, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Heinrich Himmler", "nm": 385441, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Adolf Hitler", "nm": 386944, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Hans Langsdorff", "nm": 486694, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E11", "title": "The Magnetic North", "tt": 740046, "air_date": "1953-01-11", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Louis Mountbatten", "nm": 609884, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E12", "title": "The Conquest of Micronesia", "tt": 740026, "air_date": "1953-01-18", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Chester W. Nimitz", "nm": 632359, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Raymond A. Spruance", "nm": 819865, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E13", "title": "Melanesian Nightmare", "tt": 740035, "air_date": "1953-01-25", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Douglas MacArthur", "nm": 531274, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Chester W. Nimitz", "nm": 632359, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E14", "title": "Roman Renaissance", "tt": 740039, "air_date": "1953-02-01", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "nm": 252032, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Adolf Hitler", "nm": 386944, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "King Victor Emmanuel III", "nm": 454404, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Bernard L. Montgomery", "nm": 599728, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Benito Mussolini", "nm": 615907, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "George S. Patton", "nm": 666567, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E15", "title": "D-Day", "tt": 740027, "air_date": "1953-02-08", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Winston Churchill", "nm": 161476, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E16", "title": "Killers and the Kill", "tt": 740032, "air_date": "1953-02-15", "description": "Highlighting the June 4,1944 capture of the German submarine U-505 and her crew. Captured was 40 crew and her captain. U-505 was towed to Bermuda.", "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Karl Dönitz", "nm": 246872, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Joseph Goebbels", "nm": 324305, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Adolf Hitler", "nm": 386944, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E17", "title": "The Turkey Shoot", "tt": 740049, "air_date": "1953-02-22", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Chester W. Nimitz", "nm": 632359, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Holland M. Smith", "nm": 808468, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E18", "title": "Two If by Sea", "tt": 740050, "air_date": "1953-03-01", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Marc A. Mitscher", "nm": 594036, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Lewis B. Puller", "nm": 700424, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E19", "title": "The Battle for Leyte Gulf", "tt": 740044, "air_date": "1953-03-08", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "William F. Halsey", "nm": 357044, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E20", "title": "Return of the Allies", "tt": 740037, "air_date": "1953-03-15", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "William D. Leahy", "nm": 495013, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Douglas MacArthur", "nm": 531274, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Chester W. Nimitz", "nm": 632359, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E21", "title": "Full Fathom Five", "tt": 740030, "air_date": "1953-03-22", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Charles A. Lockwood", "nm": 516958, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E22", "title": "The Fate of Europe", "tt": 740045, "air_date": "1953-03-29", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Charles de Gaulle", "nm": 208540, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "James Forrestal", "nm": 286708, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Henry Kent Hewitt", "nm": 2003300, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E23", "title": "Target Suribachi", "tt": 740043, "air_date": "1953-04-05", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Harlon Block", "nm": 88722, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "John H. Bradley", "nm": 103287, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Rene A. Gagnon", "nm": 301035, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Ira H. Hayes", "nm": 371050, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Franklin Sousley", "nm": 815999, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] }, { "name": "Mike Strank", "nm": 833416, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E24", "title": "The Road to Mandalay", "tt": 740048, "air_date": "1953-04-12", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Kai-Shek Chiang", "nm": 156971, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Winston Churchill", "nm": 161476, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Louis Mountbatten", "nm": 609884, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "nm": 740483, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself", "archive footage": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E25", "title": "Suicide for Glory", "tt": 740042, "air_date": "1953-04-19", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "Hirohito", "nm": 386375, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E26", "title": "Design for Peace", "tt": 740028, "air_date": "1953-04-26", "description": null, "cast": [ { "name": "Charles de Gaulle", "nm": 208540, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "nm": 252032, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Leonard Graves", "nm": 336316, "roles": [ { "char": "Narrator" } ] }, { "name": "William F. Halsey", "nm": 357044, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Douglas MacArthur", "nm": 531274, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Chester W. Nimitz", "nm": 632359, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Arthur Percival", "nm": 672869, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] }, { "name": "Jonathan M. Wainwright", "nm": 906539, "roles": [ { "char": "Himself" } ] } ] }
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