E01 · The Gathering Storm 50m
10/15/2015
WWII may have concluded decades ago, but for those who fought, the memories are endless. To understand, we start with Churchill's "Gathering Storm."
E02 · The Phoney War 50m
10/22/2015
Japan's unprovoked invasion has plunged China into war. In Europe, Mussolini and Hitler's expansions threaten neighboring nations.
E03 · Blitzkrieg 50m
10/29/2015
After six relatively quiet months of the Phony War, German forces add a new term to the vocabulary of warfare: Blitzkrieg.
E04 · Alone 50m
11/5/2015
Six months after the fall of France, Molotov visits Berlin to discuss victory. He may think Britain is defeated, but there's still more to the story.
E05 · Barbarossa 50m
11/12/2015
It's 1941, and Britain is holding its own despite being under threat from the German army; Japan takes WWII global; "Barbarossa" transforms the war.
E06 · A Day in Infamy 50m
11/19/2015
Before 1941 was over, the Soviet Union was locked in a struggle with Germany, and humanity would be hanging on the fate of Roosevelt's great union.
E07 · The Turning Point 50m
11/26/2015
It took Hitler half a war to form an empire, but all gained would be lost in the second half. Japan's growth also takes a fall.
E08 · The End of the Beginning 50m
12/3/2015
During WWII, Germany and Japan plotted to team up in the Indian subcontinent to make a massive territory, but setbacks in 1942 shook plans.
E09 · The Beginning of the End 50m
12/10/2015
Over a succession of conferences, the UN planned out the post-war world. For the Allied and Axis powers, 1943 would mark the beginning of the end.
E10 · Overlord 50m
12/17/2015
Between 1943 and 1944, significant events shifted power from the Axis to the Allies, and the Allies' strength would grow in the East.
E11 · Hell is on Us 50m
12/24/2015
The Allies break out of Normandy, the Red Army advances, and the invasion of the Philippines will bring troops one step closer to attacking Japan.
E12 · Unconditional Surrender 50m
12/31/2015
Germany and Japan's aggression may have started the war, but by 1944 their armies succumbed to pressure from the Allies.
E13 · A Thousand Suns 50m
1/7/2016
After years of war, the defeat of Hitler and the Third Reich is inevitable. Peace in Asia will follow after the detonation of the atomic bomb.
