Cousteau first joined the [[France|French]] [[navy]] in 1933, fought for the [[Free French]] resistance during [[World War II]], then remained again in the French navy until 1949.<ref>http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Cousteau.html</ref> He continued in underwater exploration and leased the ship Calpyso from 1950 to 1997 as the ocean base for his research. His [[television]] series ''The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau'' ran from 1966 to 1976.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192937/</ref> | Cousteau first joined the [[France|French]] [[navy]] in 1933, fought for the [[Free French]] resistance during [[World War II]], then remained again in the French navy until 1949.<ref>http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Cousteau.html</ref> He continued in underwater exploration and leased the ship Calpyso from 1950 to 1997 as the ocean base for his research. His [[television]] series ''The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau'' ran from 1966 to 1976.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192937/</ref> |