World War II: The Price Of Empire

1. E1. The Gathering Storm

   Oct 15, 2015 · 50m

   WWII may have concluded decades ago, but for those who fought, the memories are endless. To understand, we start with Churchill's "Gathering Storm."

2. E2. The Phoney War

   Oct 22, 2015 · 50m

   Japan's unprovoked invasion has plunged China into war. In Europe, Mussolini and Hitler's expansions threaten neighboring nations.

3. E3. Blitzkrieg

   Oct 29, 2015 · 50m

   After six relatively quiet months of the Phony War, German forces add a new term to the vocabulary of warfare: Blitzkrieg.

4. E4. Alone

   Nov 5, 2015 · 50m

   Six months after the fall of France, Molotov visits Berlin to discuss victory. He may think Britain is defeated, but there's still more to the story.

5. E5. Barbarossa

   Nov 12, 2015 · 50m

   It's 1941, and Britain is holding its own despite being under threat from the German army; Japan takes WWII global; "Barbarossa" transforms the war.

6. E6. A Day in Infamy

   Nov 19, 2015 · 50m

   Before 1941 was over, the Soviet Union was locked in a struggle with Germany, and humanity would be hanging on the fate of Roosevelt's great union.

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