Series 5: America's War

(2019)
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Episodes 6

1 Pearl Harbor

January 7, 2019

45m

From a bold idea through months of preparation, training, innovations and clever ruses, this is the story of Japan’s surprise WWII attack on Hawaii.

2 Japan's Warrior Code

January 14, 2019

45m

June 1944, Japanese fighters are preparing for a battle. But if they lose, a deadly weapon will be aimed at their country for the first time.

3 D-Day

January 21, 2019

45m

Spring 1944 and the Germans know an attack is coming but what they get is a fascinating game of cat and mouse all the way up to 6th June, D-Day.

4 Japan's Island of Death

January 28, 2019

45m

September 1944 on Peleliu, Japanese soldiers build an island-wide structure creating a killing zone that lead to the death of thousands of Americans.

5 Hitler's Final Offensive

February 4, 2019

45m

Hitler’s final attempt to win the war was a surprise winter attack. What resulted were some of the worst war crimes ever committed against America.

6 Fortress Japan

February 11, 2019

45m

This is the story of Japan's final months in WWII - when America threatened to invade and Japan unleashed a terrifying new weapon, suicide bombers.

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