World War II Chronicles

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Episode 92: Italy Surrenders to the Allies

The Italian government began to negotiate an armistice with the Allies in the middle of August...

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Episode 91: American Farmers and the Wartime Economy

No one on the American home front benefited more from the wartime economy than the farmer. Total...

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Episode 90: Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission

During an intensive series of operations in late July 1943, the Americans lost 88 bombers....

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Episode 89: Blood Plasma Saving Lives

The discovery of preserving blood plasma was vital to the development of military medicine....

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Episode 88: The Bombing of Ploie?ti, Romania

At dawn on August 1, 1943, 179 B-24 Liberators thundered away from bases in North Africa, headed...

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Episode 87: The Allied Bombing of Italy

Mussolini and Hitler met on July 19, 1943 - nine days after the Allies invaded Sicily. At their...

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Episode 86: The Bombing of Hamburg

During the Summer of 1943, with U.S. planes raiding Germany during the day, the Royal Air Force...

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Episode 85: Allies Land at Sicily

As a follow-up to victory in North Africa, the Allies began an attack on Hitler's "Fortress...

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Episode 84: German Offensive in Kursk

By the Spring of 1943, Hitler failed to comprehend Germany's inability to match the Soviets' in...

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Episode 83: Operation Cartwheel

In late Spring 1943, General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey prepared to resume their...

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Episode 82: Wartime Race Riots

During the summer of 1943, racial clashes broke out in several cities throughout the United...

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Episode 81: The Tuskegee Airmen

Despite the bravery of black troops in the First World War, the U.S. Armed Forces were reluctant...

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Episode 80: Raid on Pantelleria

In the Mediterranean, Allied bombers were holding Italian islands and Italy itself under constant...

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Episode 79: Boomtowns and Slums in Wartime America

In addition to the 16 million Americans who left home for military service during World War II,...

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Episode 78: The Battle of Attu Island

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the Japanese had captured Attu and Kiska in the Alaskan...

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Episode 78: The Battle of Attu Island

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the Japanese had captured Attu and Kiska in the Alaskan...

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Episode 77: Turning the Tide in the Atlantic

In the Spring of 1943, the German U-boat service was coming close to winning the war on its own....

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Episode 77: Turning the Tide in the Atlantic

In the Spring of 1943, the German U-boat service was coming close to winning the war on its own....

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Episode 76: The Memphis Belle

On May 17, 1943, the crew of a B-17 named the "Memphis Belle" flew a mission over German-occupied...

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Episode 76: The Memphis Belle

On May 17, 1943, the crew of a B-17 named the "Memphis Belle" flew a mission over German-occupied...

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