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Battle of Guadalcanal in WW II was a fiercely contested six-month-long campaign between Allied and Japanese forces, primarily fought on land, sea, and air around the Solomon Islands.

The Battle of Peleliu in World War II was a grueling amphibious assault by U.S. forces against heavily fortified Japanese positions on the Pacific island, lasting from September to November 1944 and resulting in significant casualties on both sides.

The fighting on Iwo Jima in WW II involved intense and brutal combat between U.S. Marines and entrenched Japanese forces on a strategically crucial volcanic island in the Pacific.

The Battle of Okinawa in WW II was a fierce and prolonged amphibious assault by Allied forces against well-defended Japanese positions on the island, marking the largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater.

The end of World War II in the Pacific was marked by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, prompting Japan's surrender, formalized on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, effectively ending the conflict in the Pacific.

Vidkun Quisling, once honored for diplomacy, turned traitor by collaborating with Nazis. His bid for power in Norway failed, relegated by Germans. Despite being named "fuehrer," his reign led to repression until his hanging post-Nazi defeat.

During WWII, the IRA's "S Plan" aimed to bomb Britain, drawing German support to weaken the British. "Operation Green" and "Plan Kathleen" envisioned IRA aiding a German invasion of Northern Ireland, but both failed due to bungling and infighting.

The controversy surrounding Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, stems from his Nazi collaboration. He recruited Bosnian Muslims and advocated for a Palestinian homeland with Nazi help. His diaries reveal awareness of the Holocaust and anti-Semitic sentiments.

In Hitler’s Germany, those with Jewish ancestry faced harsh Nuremberg Laws. Full Jews faced death; Mischlinge endured discrimination, job bans. Some, like Helmut Schmidt, unaware of heritage, found protectors like Milch in high places.

For nearly five years, Hitler's Third Reich has dominated Europe. Germany braces for an Allied invasion, fortifying the Atlantic Wall with steel, concrete, and advanced weaponry.

After 18 months of preparation, the Allied Expeditionary Force launches the largest amphibious landing in history, with 160,000 troops storming the Normandy coast.

After a brutal day of relentless combat, the Allies secure a 50-mile bridgehead in Normandy.

Germany's retreat continues as the Allies liberate France and Belgium. Montgomery's ambition to end the war risks more than his reputation as the push toward the Netherlands begins.

Eisenhower approves a plan to break German lines by Christmas. With just seven days to prepare, Monty ignores warnings, rushes the largest airborne assault ever, and pushes ahead despite rising risks.

Airborne troops flood the Netherlands as 50,000 tanks surge from Belgium. However, stronger-than-expected German forces resist fiercely, causing the ambitious operation to falter.

Market Garden stalls with tragedy at Arnhem, stalemate at Nijmegen, and chaos elsewhere. Outnumbered 4 to 1 in places, even Montgomery's gamble can't overcome the mounting odds.

Eisenhower halts Monty's costly gamble as British forces retreat before destruction. Heavy casualties and strategic failures haunt the Allies, with lasting effects for the war's remainder.

After six months of retreat across Northern Europe, Adolf Hitler's forces on the Western Front are back behind Germany's borders.

American forces reel from the impact of massive surprise attack along an 80-mile front in The Ardennes Forest.

As the last Nazi offensive of the war develops, the vicious SS Panzer resort to murder, a dangerous fifth column slips into the American camp causing chaos and confusion, and the desperate defense of a key Belgian town seems doomed.

Eisenhower brings in the Airborne Divisions to reinforce the Allied front lines, a legendary US General leads a furious charge up country to relieve the surrounded town of Bastogne, and Hitler panics as the German offensive begins to stall.

The Germans launch a last desperate attack while improved flying conditions enable the US air forces to bring added strength to the battle. The troops on the ground continue to suffer the effects of the coldest Belgian winter in history.

With fuel and supplies all but depleted, the Germans withdraw and end up back where they started. With the battle won, hard questions are asked as to how such a bitter and bloody battle could catch the Allies off-guard.

The beginning of 1945 sees millions of troops assembled in central Europe.

The leaders of the world's future superpowers hold a conference in the Crimea to agree a post-war framework for Europe, and must overcome deep political division to do so.

The great rivers of the Rhineland along Germany's western border must be crossed to take the fight to the enemy's home turf.

General Bradley's army group launch operations to get over the Roer and Rhine Rivers in the centre and the south of Germany's western border.

As the allies in the west move deeper into the fatherland, they discover a vast network of concentration and forced labor camps.

The Soviet forces on Germany's eastern border, now refreshed and resupplied, are given a challenge by premiere Stalin.

The final battle of the war begins as Russian forces advance rapidly into Berlin smashing its defenders back towards an ever-shrinking last stand.

Anton Adriaan Mussert, initially resisted Hitler’s anti-Semitism despite modeling his NSB party, even welcoming Jewish members. His failed attempt to kidnap Queen Wilhelmina led him into hiding, after which he collaborated in hopes of gaining power.

During WWII, Greek Prime Ministers Tsolakoglou, Logothetopoulos, and Rallis collaborated with Nazi occupiers, imposing fees that caused a famine.

Revisiting the Nuremberg Trials, where Nazi leaders were brought to justice and the foundations of modern international law were laid.

The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.

Finland defended itself in the Winter War under Marshal Mannerheim. Finland allied with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in 1941. Finland later negotiated peace with the Allies and switched sides as Nazi defeat became apparent.

In Ukraine and Lithuania, Nazi invaders were welcomed as liberators. In Lithuania, Antanas Gecas led a militia that executed hundreds of Jews. Ukrainian nationalists participated in pogroms slaughtering 34,000 Jews in two days.

The Blitz looks at the build-up to the raids and detailed footage of the destruction that followed. It features interviews from those who lived through it and stories of sadness and bravery, at a time when Britain held strong and swore not to surrender.

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