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Remember
26/26Final episode: a sombre reminder of the human cost of the bloodiest conflict in history.
Reckoning
25/26This episode looks at how a new political order was established at the end of the war.
The Bomb
24/26This episode looks at the Allied scientists' attempts to develop a new, powerful weapon.
Pacific
23/26This episode looks at the Allied offensive in the Pacific.
Japan
22/26A look at Japan's fight for survival in 1944, as it was crippled by food shortages.
Nemesis
21/26As the net closes upon Berlin, Hitler retreats to an underground bunker.
Genocide
20/26This edition recounts Himmler's plans to realise Hitler's vision of a pure Aryan Germany.
Pincers
19/26With the liberation of Paris in August 1944, the war seems to be as good as over.
Occupation
18/26The Germans strike Holland, a country with a Nazi movement but also liberal traditions.
Morning
17/26The story of the 1944 D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy.
Inside the Reich
16/26In the summer of 1940, the German forces are the conquerors of western Europe.
Home Fires
15/26The Luftwaffe changes the direction of bombing raids from London to the provincial cities.
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
14/26As Allied troops prepare to defend Burma, they are confronted by the Japanese.
Tough Old Gut
13/26The Allies underestimate the tough task of attacking Germany via Italy.
Whirlwind
12/26Bomber Command hit German cities at night and the Americans reinforce the daytime attacks.
Red Star
11/26The Soviet Army battles the Germans almost alone for two years.
Wolf Pack
10/26German U-boats cause havoc among Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic.
Stalingrad
9/26After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.
The Desert
8/26The North Africa conflict took nearly three years to resolve, culminating at El Alamein.
On Our Way
7/26The European and Pacific conflicts were separate - until Hitler declared war on America.
Banzai!
6/26The Japanese launch the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor and sweep through Southeast Asia.
Barbarossa
5/26The German-Soviet pact ends, and Hitler turns his tanks and troops against Russia.
Alone
4/26After Dunkirk, Britain faces the Germans across the English Channel. The outlook is grim.
France Falls
3/26France relied on the fortified Maginot Line but the Germans skirted it and forged south.
Distant War
2/26An uneasy calm settles on Britain as Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister.
A New Germany
1/26Defeated, Germany looks to Adolf Hitler for a resurgence of pride and prosperity.