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The end of the second world war and the dawn of the nuclear age see its two great victors go from allies to adversaries.

World War II With Tom Hanks

Fall Out

The most terrible weapon ever created will change the course of the war in the Pacific.

Endgame

The war in Europe reaches a climax as Allied armies advance towards Berlin and Hitler orders his people to fight to the last man.

Last Days of the Reich

The Pacific campaign reaches a brutal and bloody fever pitch from 1944 to 1945.

No Surrender

Resistance to Nazi occupation and oppression is a constant throughout the war, with results both triumphant and devastating.

Resistance

As the tide begins to turn against the Axis powers, the leaders of Germany and Japan deploy opposite strategies on their home fronts.

Home Front

The Allies and Japan clash in the jungles and plains of Asia, the "forgotten theater" of World War II, as America struggles to bring the fight to Tokyo's door.

Long Road to Tokyo

The Allies undertake Operation Overlord, a complicated and massive military invasion, to liberate Occupied France and open a true second front in Western Europe.

Overlord

Allied air forces engage in a fierce and costly battle with the German Luftwaffe over the skies of Europe.

Battle for the Skies

The Allies hope to quickly penetrate the Nazi Reich via Italy but instead endure a months-long slog with devastating results.

Italy

In Operation Blue, the German Army fights to take Soviet oil fields and the city of Stalingrad, becoming one of the deadliest battles ever fought and a major turning point on the Eastern Front.

Stalingrad

Behind the fierce frontline clashes of WWII, a hidden battle rages - one of espionage, deception, and codebreaking; in rural England, a group of brilliant academics work to crack Germany's unbreakable Enigma Code and change the course of the war.

Secrets and Lies

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History HD reveals the power and passion of history as an inviting place where people experience history personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of the past.

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Examine how America's battle to control the seas against the German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan's navy in the Pacific turns the tide of the war.

S1 E5 | The War at Sea