 In 1948, Twentieth Century Fox obtained the exclusive rights to create a television series called "Crusade in Europe", based on the 1948 book, "Crusade in Europe" written by Dwight D. Eisenhower and published by Doubleday.Produced as part of "The March of Time", the 26-episode TV series showed World War II film footage from the US military and other sources, with a voice soundtrack based on a narration of the book.It aired from May to October 1949.