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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Peter Levathes | Executive Producer |
| Richard De Rochemont | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1950 | Emmy | Best Public Service, Cultural or Educational Program | Won |
