The coordinated aerial assault offers an opportunity for the Copperfin and Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) an opportunity to escape Tokyo Bay while also doing damage to the Japanese fleet. Subscribe to Warner Classic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0rIMU3k_AsVA8d6N1B03w?sub_confirmation=1 About Destination Tokyo (Theatrical Release – December 30, 1943): Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) is in charge of a submarine on a […]

One of the most heroic ships of World War II, CV-8 served as the flight deck for the Doolittle Tokyo raid, and its predecessor ship, the CV-12, endured 16 months of non-stop combat action, coming within 40 miles of Japan, and setting incredible wartime records. See more in Season 1, Episode 6, “USS Hornet.” #MilitaryHeroes […]

They dominated the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the eastern coast of the U.S. They struck against Allied shipping with near impunity, holding England in a stranglehold for the first years of WWII–until sonar was developed. See more in Season 2, Episode 12, “U-Boats.” #DangerousMissions Subscribe to Military Heroes, Presented by History, for more great shows […]

Examines the evolution of the strategy and tactics used by US submarines in the war against Japan. Conceived as scouts for the surface fleet, the fleet of boats of the “silent service” found their true calling as heirs to the commerce-raiders of the American Revolution and Civil War, in Season 1, Episode 1, “History Alive: […]

Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedic film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Dina Merrill. Operation Petticoat follows the adventures and tribulations of the sub’s skipper (Grant) and his crew (including Curtis as a deviously mercenary supply officer), as they first try to repair the sub and then reach Australia […]