Victory at Sea - Season 1 Episode 7 RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
The Japanese Navy is ascendant in its conquests, of which its linchpin is the main base at Rabaul in the New Britain Islands. This Victory at Sea episode refers to the US strategy of surrounding and strangling the Japanese base in the fall of 1943 through set piece invasions of its surrounding islands (Bouganville, Rendova). Praise should be given to the Seabees, which made the airfields operational in a short time, and observation planes and radar, which helped the U.S. Navy stop cold Japanese reinforcements and counterattacks.
Year: 1953
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director:
Cast: Leonard Graves
Crew:
First Air Date: Oct 26, 1952
Last Air date: May 03, 1953
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 26 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.50/10 by 8.00 users
Popularity: 2.932
Language: English
Keyword : world war ii, u.s. navy
Season
Season 1
Episode
DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943
MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle
MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta
GUADALCANAL
RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic
THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska
THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign
D-DAY: Normandy
KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas
TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur
BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines
FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines
THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender
TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa
DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war