WWII Frontlines

1. E1. Midway

   Feb 5, 2021 · 45m

   Midway became the location for the most decisive naval battle in the Pacific War. The Japanese should have triumphed, yet the Americans turned the Japanese trap into a bold ambush.

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   E2. Monte Cassino

   Feb 5, 2021 · 45m

   In January 1944 thousands of Allied troops converge on Monte Cassino. Over the next four months the Monastery is reduced to rubble and the fight claims over 200,000 lives.

3. E3. Anzio

   Feb 5, 2021 · 45m

   On January 22nd 1944, two divisions land at the Italian port of Anzio in one of the easiest Allied amphibious assaults of the war.

4. E4. Omaha

   Feb 5, 2021 · 45m

   Omaha beach - a nightmare for advancing American troops: open ground, sustained fire, heavy casualties and no retreat. But the whole fate of D-Day hinged on Omaha succeeding.

5. E5. Hill 112

   Feb 12, 2021 · 45m

   Three weeks after D-Day, the Allied advance has stalled. The killing fields around Hill 112 become a graveyard for the British soldiers that try to take it.

6. E6. Bastogne

   Feb 12, 2021 · 45m

   20/12/1944; the Germans attacked the Allies in the Ardennes. The US 101st Airborne rushed to Bastogne and halted the Nazi advance long enough for Patton's 3rd Army to arrive.

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