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Crusade in Europe is a book of wartime memoirs by General Dwight D. Eisenhower published by Doubleday in 1948. Maps were provided by Rafael Palacios.
Original Release
05/05/1949 on ABC
US Release
05/05/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurice Joyce | Dwight D. Eisenhower / Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) |
Westbrook Van Voorhis | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Hugh James | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Winston Churchill | Self |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | Self |
Albert Einstein | Self |
Joseph Goebbels | Self |
George S. Patton | Self |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Prelude to War | Thursday, 05 May 1949 |
2 | America's Unpreparedness | Thursday, 12 May 1949 |
3 | America Goes to War | Thursday, 19 May 1949 |
4 | Platform for Invasion | Thursday, 26 May 1949 |
5 | Africa: Our First Offensive | Thursday, 02 June 1949 |
6 | The Campaign | Thursday, 09 June 1949 |
7 | Rommel Routed | Thursday, 16 June 1949 |
8 | Sicily: Operation Husky | Thursday, 23 June 1949 |
9 | Assault on Italy | Thursday, 30 June 1949 |
10 | Rise and Fall of a Dictator | Thursday, 07 July 1949 |
11 | The G.I.: Hero of the War | Thursday, 14 July 1949 |
12 | Victory in Italy | Thursday, 21 July 1949 |
13 | Preparation for Invasion | Thursday, 28 July 1949 |
14 | D-Day | Saturday, 06 August 1949 |
15 | Beachhead and Breakthrough | Thursday, 11 August 1949 |
16 | Liberation of Paris | Thursday, 18 August 1949 |
17 | Pursuit | Thursday, 25 August 1949 |
18 | The Battle of Supply | Thursday, 01 September 1949 |
19 | The Air War | Thursday, 08 September 1949 |
20 | The Battle of the Bulge | Thursday, 15 September 1949 |
21 | Crossing the Rhine | Thursday, 22 September 1949 |
22 | Overrunning Germany | Thursday, 29 September 1949 |
23 | Victory's Aftermath | Thursday, 06 October 1949 |
24 | American Military Government | Thursday, 13 October 1949 |
25 | Russia | Thursday, 20 October 1949 |
26 | Review | Thursday, 27 October 1949 |
Directors
George R. Black, William C. Zubiller, Len Lye, Grey Lockwood, Jack Glenn
Writers
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Fred Feldkamp
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurice Joyce | Dwight D. Eisenhower / Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) |
Westbrook Van Voorhis | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Hugh James | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Winston Churchill | Self |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | Self |
Albert Einstein | Self |
Joseph Goebbels | Self |
George S. Patton | Self |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
Erwin Rommel | Self |
Charles de Gaulle | Self |
George C. Marshall | Self |
Anthony Eden | Self |
Omar N. Bradley | Self |
Walter Bedell Smith | Self |
Bernard L. Montgomery | Self |
Vyacheslav Molotov | Self |
Kai-Shek Chiang | Self |
Mark W. Clark | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Levathes | Executive Producer |
Richard De Rochemont | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1950 | Emmy | Best Public Service, Cultural or Educational Program | Won |