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World War Two — Storyline

Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Indy Neidell
• Starring: Indy Neidell

World War Two — Series Details

World War Two — Episode Guide

Season 01

• E1: Week 001 -The Polish-German War – WW2 – September 1, 1939 (2018-09-01) — When Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…
• E2: Week 002 – World War Two Begins – WW2 – September 8, 1939 (2018-09-08) — The German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.
• E3: Week 003 – Poland on Her Own – WW2 – September 15, 1939 (2018-09-15) — When the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.
• E4: Week 004 – The Russians are Coming! – The Soviet Invasion of Poland – WW2 -September 22, 1939 (2018-09-22) — When the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.
• E5: Week 005 – Poland is Crushed – WW2 – 29 September, 193 (2018-09-29) — Facing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.
• E6: Week 006 – Poland Falls and China Rises – WW2 – October 6, 1939 (2018-10-06) — In the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East,​ the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another d
• E7: Week 007 – The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze – WW2 – 13 October, 1939 (2018-10-13) — While the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitle
• E8: Week 008 – The Submarine War – WW2 – October 20, 1939 (2018-10-20) — For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 – mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receivin
• E9: Week 009 – Stalin's Murderous Adventures – Occupation of Poland – WW2 – October 27, 1939 (2018-10-27) — The persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's als
• E10: Week 010 – Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War – WW2 – 3 November, 1939 (2018-11-03) — Ten weeks into World War Two, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.
• E11: Week 011 – Hitler Almost Killed – WW2 – 10 November, 1939 (2018-11-10) — As Hitler drives for a fast invasion he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background British and German agents and double agents play a game o
• E12: Week 012 – The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy – Magnetic Mines – WW2 – 17 November, 1939 (2018-11-17) — While the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.
• E13: Week 013 – Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves? – WW2 – 24 November, 1939 (2018-11-24) — The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines, in China the Japanese advance, and in Poland it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.
• E14: Week 014 – The Winter War – WW2 – December 1, 1939 (2018-12-01) — On the last day of November 1939 the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.
• E15: Week 015 – The Invasion of Finland – WW2 – 8 December 1939 (2018-12-08) — When the Red Army invades Finland they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.
• E16: Week 016 – Perkele! Finland Strikes Back – WW2 – 15 December 1939 (2018-12-15) — In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counteroffensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red
• E17: Week 017 – Trouble in China – WW2 – 22 December 1939 (2018-12-22) — While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of Wo
• E18: Week 018 – Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows – Soviet Relations in East Asia – WW2 – 29 December 1939 (2018-12-29) — The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the

Season 02

• E1: Week 019 – The Finns Strike Again and Japan Strikes Back – WW2 – January 5 1940 (2019-01-05) — In Finland the invading Red Army suffers catastrophic casualties, while in China the Nationalists are divided as Japan uses diplomacy to strike back.
• E2: Week 020 – The Red Army Regroups to Crush Finland – WW2 – January 12 1940 (2019-01-12) — After the chaotic invasion and catastrophic losses of the first weeks of the Winter War, the Soviet Army has learnt their lesson. Further west the Wehrmacht is ready to move, as lo
• E3: Week 021 – Swedes not Sweden to Finland's Rescue – WW2 – January 19 1940 (2019-01-19) — As the Winter War rolls on the only help the Finns are getting are from volunteers. The Western Allies still have their thoughts on Norway, little do they know that the Phoney​ War
• E4: Week 022 – The Enigma of Germany's Wartime Economy – WW2 – January 26 1940 (2019-01-26) — his week shows the Allies first attempts to break the German Enigma code. Meanwhile, the German war economy shows some flaws and the Soviets are massing artillery in an effort to b
• E5: Week 023 – The Soviet Hammer Strikes Hard at Finland – WW2 – February 2 1940 (2019-02-02) — The Soviet forces revive their winter offensive this week. More men, more tanks and more artillery are brought in to try to force a breakthrough in the Finnish lines. Meanwhile, Ch
• E6: Week 024 – Stalemate in China, Bombs over Finland – WW2 – February 9 1940 (2019-02-09) — While the Winter War rages on in Finland, Japan is confronted with a dilemma. Keep fighting the Chinese and face huge problems feeding the populace in Japan and their newly conquer
• E7: Week 025 – Finland’s Desperate Fight – WW2 – February 16 1940 (2019-02-16) — After more than a week of preliminary bombardments and attacks, the Red Army finally attacks the Finnish defensive positions on the Karelian Isthmus en masse. They throw thousands
• E8: Week 026 – Manstein Makes a Plan and Hitler has a Man Crush – WW2 – February 23 1940 (2019-02-23) — German Genral Erich von Manstein has a cunning plan. And as it happens, it's just how Hitler likes it. This week, the German war plans change quite drastically. In the meantime, th
• E9: Week 027 – Hitler Plans His New Wars – Fall Gelb – WW2 – March 2 1940 (2019-03-02) — The German plans for the invasion of Western Europe start taking shape. Mansteins plan is innovative, bold and controversial, but Hitler likes it. If everything goes according to h
• E10: Week 028 – Finnish Winter is Almost Over – WW2 – March 9 1940 (2019-03-09) — The French promise to send troops to aid Finland, though the majority is planned to go to Norway or Sweden. In return, the Finns postpone their peace talks with the Soviets. It is
• E11: Week 029 – The Soviets Finish a Costly Winter War – WW2 – March 16 1940 (2019-03-16) — The Winter War is over. The Allies tried to stall the Finns for as long as possible to justify their invasion of Norway, but the Finns have had it and don't trust the British and F
• E12: Week 030 – Il Duce and der Führer Have a Date – The Axis War Plans – WW2 – March 23 1940 (2019-03-23) — French Prime Minister Daladier overplays his hand and is replaced after his vision regarding Scandinavia wasn't widely shared in the French parliament. Meanwhile, the French and Br
• E13: Week 031 – Allies Plan to Hit the Nazis Where it Hurts – WW2 – March 30 1940 (2019-03-30) — Newly appointed French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud and his British counterpart Neville Chamberlain spend the week looking for ways to harm the Germans. Not just by targeting their
• E14: Week 032 – Germans and British make their way to the North – WW2 – April 6 1940 (2019-04-06) — While China gets a new government, or at least in the eyes of Japan, the British are trying to cope with the rationing of meat and dairy products by trying out some new recipes. Mo
• E15: Week 033 – The Invasion of Norway and Denmark – WW2 – April 13 1940 (2019-04-13) — This week, the Phoney War seems to come to an end when Germany invades Denmark and Norway. The Allies seek confrontation with the Germany in the hope to at least deny them full acc
• E16: Week 034 – The Scramble For Norway – WW2 – April 20 1940 (2019-04-20) — The German Invasion of Norway is still very much in full swing. The German Wehrmacht is moving north from Oslo, where a Norwegian force is trying to halt them in anticipation of Al
• E17: Week 035 – Norway is Burning – WW2 – April 27 1940 (2019-04-27) — The Invasion and subsequent Battle of Norway has only just begun when the British decide to pull back. Poor planning and misfortune after misfortune harms the British campaign, whi
• E18: Week 036 – Retreat in Norway, Preparations in Western Europe – WW2 – May 4 1940 (2019-05-04) — Allied plans to take Trondheim in Norway to allow for larger reinforcements and even bigger aerial support to come in are disbanded as the troops approaching Trondheim are pulled b
• E19: Week 037 – Hitler Strikes in the West – The Invasion of the Benelux – WW2 – May 11 1940 (2019-05-11) — As the Allied troops in Central Norway are evacuated and the Norwegian troops there surrender to the Germans, the Allied position around Narvik is still quite strong. With the addi
• E20: Week 038 – Blitzkrieg in the West – The Invasion of France – WW2 – May 18 1940 (2019-05-18) — The German invasion of Western Europe has been going for over a week now, and the Neutral and Allied countries are in disarray. The Netherlands, despite putting up fierce resistanc
• E21: Week 039 – The Allied Clusterf**k – The Battle of France – WW2 – May 25 1940 (2019-05-25) — While the massive invasion of the Benelux countries and France was going down last week, things were also developing on the fronts in Norway and China. But this week, the German be
• E22: Week 040 – The First Brexit? – The Dunkirk Evacuation – WW2 – June 1 1940 (2019-06-01) — When the Germans Panzers move north from Calais, the British Expeditionary Force and France's soldiers still fighting in Belgium and Northern France are trapped between a numerical
• E23: Week 041 – Will Britain Remain?! – WW2 – June 8 1940 (2019-06-08) — As the battle for France is still raging but looks like a ringing victory for Nazi Germany, and the encircled troops in Dunkirk have been evacuated, will Great Britain remain in th
• E24: Week 042 – Britain Votes to Leave – WW2 – June 15 1940 (2019-06-15) — The fighting in France isn't over, not even when Paris falls, as the Germans advance and Italy joins the fight. But the Brits now have their back to yet another ocean and see no op
• E25: Week 043 – Nazi Europe?! – The Fall of France – WW2 – June 22 1940 (2019-06-22) — While the fighting subsides in much of France, the Italians invade in the south, while tension continues to grow in the Baltic states as the Red Army increases its presence and the
• E26: Week 044 – Hitler ❤️Paris – German Victory in France – WW2 – June 29 1940 (2019-06-29) — Hitler goes to Paris, while Stalin occupies more territory… but something is on Stalin's mind. News of the sudden success of the Wehrmacht in the West is not what he had hoped fo
• E27: Week 045 – Do the Brits hate the French?! – The Bombing of Mers-el-Kébir – WW2 – July 6 1940 (2019-07-06) — The repercussions of the fall of France are not yet seen in full. But this week Britain makes it clear it isn't about to give up, even if it will mean some really hard decisions.
• E28: Week 046 – The Dictator of France – The Rise of Philippe Pétain – WW2 – 046 – July 13 1940 (2019-07-13) — The Germans and the French in Vichy consolidate their newly acquired power as the British deal with the remnants of the French navy. The Battle of Britain begins with fighting abov
• E29: Week 047 – Good People on Both Sides? – Hitler's Peace Offer to the Allies – WW2 – July 20 1940 (2019-07-20) — Peace seems to slowly return to the European mainland, but not for long, as the Germans move their airplanes to the French coast to Battle Britain in the skies while they make inva
• E30: Week 048 – No Deal… Herr Hitler! – The Battle of Britain Begins – WW2 – July 27 1940 (2019-07-27) — Hitler searches for ways to force Britain out of the war, but the British sit safely behind their cliffs, their channel and their Royal Navy. Engaging the navy and invading Britain
• E31: Week 049 – The Hippo vs. the Bulldog – The Battle of Britain Heats Up – WW2 – August 3 1940 (2019-08-03) — As the Kanalkampf comes to a close, the Battle of Britain heats up. Hitler wants Britain out of the war. But before the Germans can invade Britain, it will have to deal with the Ro
• E32: Week 050 – Hail Mussolini, Haile Selassie's Usurper – The War in Somaliland – WW2 – August 10 1940 (2019-08-10) — This week, the war spreads to Africa, when the Italians invade the British Colony of British Somaliland. While this might seem trivial, it might have tremendous consequences on the
• E33: Week 051 – Il Duce Kicks Churchill Where it Hurts – The British Lose Somaliland – WW2 – August 17 1940 (2019-08-17) — As the Battle of Britain reaches not seen before levels of intensity, one of the British colonies is lost to the Italians.
• E34: Week 052 – The Battle of Britain is a Bitch – WW2 – August 24 1940 (2019-08-24) — This week, the communists attack the Japanese in the Battle of 100 Regiments. Meanwhile, in Europe, the Battle of Britain enters phase three with the Luftwaffe actively targeting B
• E35: Week 053 – 366 Days of Crushed Hopes, Suffering and Death – WW2 – August 31 1940 (2019-08-31) — As the war turns one year old, there seems to be no end in sight. The Luftwaffe starts targeting civilian areas of London, the peoples of Eastern Europe switch country without movi
• E36: Week 054 – Burn London, Burn – The Blitz Begins – WW2 – 054 – September 07 1940 (2019-09-07) — This week, the battle in the skies of Britain enters a new, even deadlier phase, as the crowded streets of London turn into a war zone. It is the start of the Blitz.
• E37: Week 055 – The Nazi Invasion of Britain?! – Operation Sealion – WW2 – September 14 1940 (2019-09-14) — The Blitz continues as the German army seems close to the execution of Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion of Britain.
• E38: Week 056 – The Brits teach the Germans to bugger off! – WW2 – September 21 1940 (2019-09-21) — The Battle of Britain continues as planes fight over the South-English shorelines and large parts of London are targeted during the Blitz. However, this week the ultimate goal of t
• E39: Week 057 – An Axis of Evil is Complete – Japan Joins Italy and Germany – WW2 – September 28 1940 (2019-09-28) — This week, the factions of World War Two begin to crystallize as the Japanese join the Axis powers.
• E40: Week 058 – Hitler and the Art of the Deal – German Negotiations with Spain – WW2 – October 5 1940 (2019-10-05) — Hitler is trying to get new Axis Powers on board in his fight against Britain, promising them all huge territorial gains.
• E41: Week 059 – It’s Raining Bombs, Keep Calm and Carry On – Life During the Blitz – WW2 – October 12 1940 (2019-10-12) — The Blitz continues while Chinese Communists are fighting Chinese Nationalist in China. But the mass bombing of civilian targets does not really do what it is supposed to.
• E42: Week 060 – USA enters WW2 in 1940?! – WW2 – October 19, 1940 (2019-10-19) — The World War seems to get bigger and bigger as Italy plans to invade Greece and the USA takes a stance.
• E43: Week 061 – Hitler is Disappointed by his Allies – WW2 – October 26, 1940 (2019-10-26) — Hitler finds out that not everyone is ready to do his bidding. Much to the frustration of Hitler, Franco, Petain and Mussolini all have their reasons to take the high road.
• E44: Week 062 – Mussolini plays Hitler like a Fiddle – The Invasion of Greece – WW2 – November 2, 1940 (2019-11-02) — A new front opens up in Greece as the Italians invade, while the Battle of Britain seems to come to an end.
• E45: Week 063 – Britain’s First Victory, Germany Plunders Europe & Mussolini’s Folly – WW2 – November 9, 1940 (2019-11-09) — The Battle of Britain is finished, but the war is far from over. New German plans are being made for the Balkans and Greece, where the Italian offensive is not as successful as pla
• E46: Week 064 – Britain shows Japan how to Attack Pearl Harbor – Battle of Taranto – WW2 – November 16, 1940 (2019-11-16) — Japan has two wins this week, and one might turn out to be very consequential for the rest of the war. In the meantime, the British RAF fights the Luftwaffe and Italy struggles in
• E47: Week 065 – Cracks in the Soviet-Nazi Alliance – WW2 – 065 – November 23, 1940 (2019-11-23) — As the Greek campaign continues, Hitler points his attention eastwards. While he can't invade the Soviet Union just yet, his dependence on it is making him nervous.
• E48: Week 066 – The German Plan to Destroy French Culture – The Occupation of France – WW2 – November 30, 1940 (2019-11-30) — While Hitler consolidates his power in occupied France, Japanese and Italian forces try to get an edge, but fail. The war is not looking too well for anyone at this point.
• E49: Week 067 – The Road to Moscow – German Invasion Plans – WW2 – December 7, 1940 (2019-12-07) — Wilhelm Canaris once again disturbs Hitler's plans to drag Spain into the war, as the Germans finalize their plan for the Invasion of the Soviet Union which is scheduled for the su
• E50: Week 068 – The Empire Strikes Back – Britain’s Operation Compass – WW2 – December 14, 1940 (2019-12-14) — The First British offensive of the War begins in North Africa. Meanwhile, the German Knickebein system is designed for bombers to accurately bomb British targets at night. This is
• E51: Week 069 – Red Beard’s Ghost Returns – German Invasion Plans – WW2 – December 21 1940 (2019-12-21) — What Adolf Hitler expects to be his Magnum Opus offensive is still 6 months in the future, but it's going to need plans and more plans. The British, though, are seeing success righ
• E52: Week 070 – Winter is Coming, Peace is Not – The Frozen Fronts – WW2 – December 28, 1940 (2019-12-28) — Italy finds itself in a dire position in Albania as Christmas is celebrated in a war-torn Europe and fighting continues in China.

Season 03

• E1: Week 071 – It's 1941 – A World at War – WW2 – January 4 1941 (2020-01-04) — 1941 begins with action in North-Africa and China, but Indy also takes a moment to assess the current stakes and stakeholders in the East-Asian theatre. What is sure, is that 1941
• E2: Week 072 – Fighting Far Away From Home – Allied Advance in Africa – WW2 – January 11 1941 (2020-01-11) — Action in Albania. Action in North-Africa. Action in East-Africa. Action in China and action on the Mediterranean. It looks like every belligerent party is amping up its efforts to
• E3: Week 073 – Mao Against Everyone – China at War and Civil War – WW2 – January 18, 1941 (2020-01-18) — The Chinese Communists and Nationalists Clash while they're also both facing Japanese armies in the North. And although the Communists are not the obvious victor this week, the bat
• E4: Week 074 – When Anti-Semites Infight, Jews Still Die – Pogroms in Romania – WW2 – January 25, 1941 (2020-01-25) — The British offensive in East-Africa takes off with some rapid advances. Meanwhile in Eastern-Europe, Romania is the stage of fierce anti-Semitism, but also infighting between two
• E5: Week 075 – Africa, the Axis’ Achilles Heel – The Allied African Campaigns – WW2 – February 1, 1941 (2020-02-01) — Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas dies this week as Italy is still uncomfortably wrapped up in the Albanian Mountains. Italy also finds itself in a pickle on other fronts, as Al
• E6: Week 076 – Rommel to fix the Bungle in Benghazi – WW2 – February 8, 1941 (2020-02-08) — As the Italian campaigns in Africa collapse, Hitler considers his options and then chooses Erwin Rommel to rescue their Italian allies.
• E7: Week 077 – Enter Erwin Rommel – The British Advance in Africa – WW2 – February 15 1941 (2020-02-15) — While the Germans send one of their best generals to North Africa to bail out the Italians, Great Britain switches focus from Libya to Greece, but make symbolically important gains
• E8: Week 078 – The Brits Will Walk 500 Miles, and They Will Walk 500 More – WW2 – February 22, 1941 (2020-02-22) — As the British make spectacular advances in East-Africa, with even more spectacular advances on the horizon, South-Eastern Europe is getting increasingly tense.
• E9: Week 079 – The Nazis Building Bridges, Not Walls – WW2 – February 28, 1941 (2020-02-29) — Parts of the British forces in North-Africa are being send to Greece to strengthen the Allied position there. While the remaining British plan for the near future, others make huge
• E10: Week 080 – Bulgaria Joins the Fascist Alliance – WW2 – 080 – March 7, 1941 (2020-03-07) — German troops pour into Bulgaria as they join the Axis alliance, while British troops enter Greece in anticipation of a German attack. Meanwhile, the British celebrate victories in
• E11: Week 081 – Nigerians Chasing Italians Like Cheetahs Hunt a Bull – WW2 – March 14, 1941 (2020-03-14) — An Italian offensive into Greece is prepared, just as the Germans are preparing to also attack Greece via Bulgaria. Meanwhile, a daring and spectacular dash is made by the Nigerian
• E12: Week 082 – Culling the Nazi Wolfpacks – Submarines, Spies, China, and Africa – WW2 – March 21 1941 (2020-03-21) — While two more Kriegsmarine u-boat aces go down, the moving parts of the war are getting more complex leaving the intelligence services scrambling to separate fact from fiction – t
• E13: Week 083 – Yugoslavia Joins the Axis Powers. and then they don’t – WW2 – March 28, 1941 (2020-03-28) — This week, the Yugoslavia is the stage for some rather dramatic and quite consequential events. Furthermore, the Nigerian Army keeps on doing well in East-Africa, while the Italian
• E14: Week 084 – Rommel Storms Into North-Africa – WW2 – April 4, 1941 (2020-04-04) — The British thought they would be safe for a while, but this week they are proven wrong. This week, Erwin Rommel begins his advance towards the East of North-Africa.
• E15: Week 085 – Nazis in the Balkans – The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia – WW2 – April 11, 1941 (2020-04-11) — This week, the German Army invades Greece and Yugoslavia as it launches Operation Marita and Operation 25 respectively. They also take some remarkable captives in North-Africa.
• E16: Week 086 – Yugoslavia Crushed – Battle for Greece Continues – WW2 – April 18, 1941 (2020-04-18) — The Battles for Yugoslavia and Greece continue as the Soviet-Union and Japan sign a non-aggression pact.
• E17: Week 087 – Another Last Stand at Thermopylae – The Battle of Greece – WW2 – April 25, 1941 (2020-04-25) — The Battle of Greece continues as forces clash once more at the historic site of Thermopylae.
• E18: Week 088 – Balkans in Nazi Hands – A Greek Tragedy – WW2 – May 02, 1941 (2020-05-02) — Greece falls as Axis troops push through the last Allied defenses. New plans are made for a German invasion of Crete, and a new war breaks out between Great Britain and Iraq.
• E19: Week 089 – Enigma Captured! – WW2 – May 9, 1941 (2020-05-09) — An Enigma encode is captured in the Atlantic Ocean as the Germans make plans for a new offensive in Crete. Britain is heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe and fighting continues in Iraq
• E20: Week 090 – Nazi Nuts Trading Places & Victory for the Commonwealth – WW2 – May 16, 1941 (2020-05-16) — In the week that Rudolf Hess makes his flight to Britain, the Luftwaffe prepares for theirs to Crete. The British utilize their code-breaking methods and prepare for defense.
• E21: Week 091 – Invasion of Crete: a Bloody Mess – WW2 – May 23 1941 (2020-05-23) — Operation Mercury commences as fallschirmjäger airborne troops land on the Greek island of Crete. A bloody and messy battle follows as it turns out to be costly in more ways than o
• E22: Week 092 – Sink the Bismarck! – The Pride of the Kriegsmarine's Demise – WW2 – May 30 1941 (2020-05-30) — This week, the Battle of Crete continues as the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen set sail to the Atlantic, starting one of the most dramatic episodes in the histories of the Royal Navy and
• E23: Week 093 – British Officers Abandon Their Men to the Nazis – WW2 – June 6 1941 (2020-06-06) — The British morale reaches new low after losses at Crete and the loss of the HMS Hood. New plans are made for North-Africa and Syria to restore the public and the soldier's faith.
• E24: Week 094 – Finland and France Join Hitler – WW2 – June 13 1941 (2020-06-13) — Germany, Romania and Finland prepare for a gigantic invasion of the Soviet Union, whose own military is in a dire state. The Allies invade Vichy French Syria and prepare to relieve
• E25: Week 095 – French Killing French in Syria – WW2 – June 20, 1941 (2020-06-20) — The Allies continue advancing into Vichy French Syria, but they are halted and pushed back by Erwin Rommel at the Halfaya Pass in Libya. Meanwhile, the last preparations are being
• E26: Week 096a – Operation Barbarossa – Biggest Land Invasion in History – WW2 – June 22 1941 (2020-06-22) — June 22 1941. The first day of Operation Barbarossa begins as Adolf Hitler’s German armies invade Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union with the largest force on the longest front ever seen
• E27: Week 096b – Operation Barbarossa – End of the Nazi-Soviet Alliance – WW2 – June 27 1941 (2020-06-27) — Operation Barbarossa kicks off this week with action all along the front as German panzers pierce through deep into the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Claude Auchinleck becomes Commander
• E28: Week 097 – Wehrmacht 1/3 of Way to Moscow – WW2 – July 4 1941 (2020-07-04) — Operation Barbarossa continues this week but is already running into problems that are gonna be hard to fix. The Japanese are thinking future war strategy, while the British set up
• E29: Week 098 – Has Germany Lost WW2 Already in Mid-1941? – WW2 – July 11 1941 (2020-07-11) — Germany keeps advancing on the eastern front, and yet by now, transport and supply problems are seriously undermining the capability of the German spearheads, even as they pull fur
• E30: Week 099 – Barbarossa: a Wehrmacht Soap Opera – WW2 – July 18 1941 (2020-07-18) — As the German armed forces stretch further and further into the USSR, the Wehrmacht command doesn't seem to agree where they are really going. In the Middle East, the Facsit French
• E31: Week 100 – The Wehrmacht – an Army on Horseback – WW2 – July 25 1941 (2020-07-25) — Although we may picture panzers when we think of the German Army in WW2, it was very much an army that relied on horses- especially in the east- for a large part of its supplies an
• E32: Week 101 – Japan is Getting Hungry, Barbarossa is Confused – WW2 – August 1, 1941 (2020-08-01) — Japan needs resources for its seemingly endless war in China, but where to look for them? And who might have a problem with it? Meanwhile in the Soviet Union, Hitler's forces have
• E33: Week 102 – Tanks, but no Tanks – Hitler Hinders the Blitzkrieg – WW2 – August 8, 1941 (2020-08-08) — In Japan those in power are divided as to what to do as war with the Western powers looks more and more likely. Meanwhile in the USSR the war gets deadlier and deadlier, but also m
• E34: Week 103 – Churchill and Roosevelt vow to destroy all Nazis – WW2 – August 15, 1941 (2020-08-15) — Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt issue a charter that lays out their thoughts for the future, the Soviets are in trouble on two fronts, and Adolf Hitler repeats his orders
• E35: Week 104 – "There are no Soviet Prisoners of War, only Traitors" – WW2 – August 22, 1941 (2020-08-22) — Josef Stalin is forming new armies to fight off the German onslaught, and yet it continues gaining ground in the north and the south. He also issues orders Draconian orders to the
• E36: Week 105 – The Allies Invade Iran, Barbarossa Continues – WW2 – August 29, 1941 (2020-08-29) — The British and Soviets work together invade Iran, while Barbarossa trudges ever on, with heavy losses. Bletchley Park intercepts German messages, and unease grows among the German
• E37: Week 106 – The war is two years old – WW2 – 106 – September 5, 1941 (2020-09-05) — It is two years this week since Germany invaded Poland. That European conflict soon became a global one. Japan's invasion of China began two years before that, but with Japan allie
• E38: Week 107 – Victory for the Red Army! – WW2 – September 12, 1941 (2020-09-12) — The German invasion of the Soviet Union has taken enormous amounts of territory, but this week the Red Army not only stops the Germans, they score a ringing victory. However, Lenin
• E39: Week 108 – Another week, another half million for the Germans – WW2 – September 19, 1941 (2020-09-19) — Kiev falls to the Germans, yielding hundreds of thousands of prisoners as whole armies are surrounded, but behind the lines all over German-occupied territories, partisan movements
• E40: Week 109 – Free from the Nazi Occupation – but for how long can it last? WW2 – September 26, 1941 (2020-09-26) — In former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Uzice breaks free from the German occupation, even as the Germans are mopping up the masses of shattered Soviet Armies after last week's captu
• E41: Week 110 – A Huge New German Offensive Begins – Operation Typhoon! – WW2 – October 3, 1941 (2020-10-03) — Adolf Hitler's renewed drive on Moscow, the Soviet capital, begins this week, even as the Japanese drive on Changsha ends. But major news this week is the colossal amount of equipm
• E42: Week 111- An Open Road to Moscow! – WW2- October 10, 1941 (2020-10-10) — The road to Moscow does indeed lay open before the Germans, but for how long? And can they exploit such an opportunity- since the panzers are busy encircling hundreds of thousands
• E43: Week 112 – Panic in Moscow! The Germans are here! – WW2 – October 17, 1941 (2020-10-17) — Moscow panics as the Germans edge closer and take prisoners by the hundreds of thousands, even as the temperature drops far below freezing. At home in Germany, Josef Goebbels has a
• E44: Week 113 – Martial Law in Moscow, but is the Cavalry coming? – WW2 – October 24, 1941 (2020-10-24) — The Germans draw ever closer to Moscow, but Soviet reinforcements have begun to arrive from Siberia and the city's defenses have grown stronger. Meanwhile in the south, the Germans
• E45: Week 114 – Winter is Coming – WW2 – October 31, 1941 (2020-10-31) — Operation Typhoon is halted until the coming winter can freeze enough ground to increase mobility. But the ever colder weather is a disaster waiting to happen for an already over-s
• E46: Week 115 – The Red Army must double in size… and now! – WW2 – November 7, 1941 (2020-11-07) — There is a lull now on the Eastern Front, and Adolf Hitler uses the time to plan another drive on Moscow and points beyond, but he'll be facing a larger Red Army, as reinforcements
• E47: Week 116 – Night Vision Brings Triumph to the British! – WW2 – November 14, 1941 (2020-11-14) — The British sink an entire convoy of supplies heading for Rommel in North Africa by using radar at night, something their opponents lack. In North Africa itself, the Allies are gea
• E48: Week 117 – Surprise Attack On Rommel! – Operation Crusader Begins – WW2 – November 21, 1941 (2020-11-21) — The long planned Allied Offensive in North Africa- Operation Crusader- begins, but the Allies are worrying about how to defend Singapore in case of Japanese aggression. The Germans
• E49: Week 118 – Winter is here? The Germans can see Moscow – WW2 – November 28, 1941 (2020-11-28) — The German advance has pushed within artillery range of Moscow, but can they reach it- and take it- before the Red Army and the murderously cold weather halt them? Meanwhile in Nor
• E50: Week 119 – Winter is Here! The failure of Barbarossa – WW2 – December 5, 1941 (2020-12-05) — The Wehrmacht is halted by the Red Army at the gates of Moscow. Not only that, but a Red Army counteroffensive begins pushing the Germans back decisively. The Germans are also begi
• E51: Week 120a E.01 – Enter Japan – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — Japan's meticulous planning and preparation made it possible to surprise the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Alert on Oahu is largely nonexistent. It is the deep breath before the plung
• E52: Week 120b E.02 – Genda's Plan – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — There are signals of attack and a buzz of chatter in the air, but will this be enough to force the American defenders out of their beds?
• E53: Week 120c E.03 – Calm Before the Storm – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — War is sort of declared, but Japanese planes have already started their attack.
• E54: Week 120d E.04 – Tiger, Tiger, Tiger – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — The first wave commences its attack, how successful will it be? Will months of planning and preparation pay off?
• E55: Week 120e E.05 – Burning Ships – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — The first wave continues, and with it, the chaos and destruction.
• E56: Week 120f E.06 – Another Wave – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — Desperate and shocked, American forces scramble to mount a resistance to the attack. But how effective can this be as the Japanese launch their second decisive raid?
• E57: Week 120g E.07 – Dogfights – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — American pilots are in the air, defending Pearl Harbor. They have already lost so much, and the Japanese show no sign of letting up the attack. How much will the Americans accompli
• E58: Week 120h E.08 – Burning People – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — The Japanese attack is over, but the damage is done and the remaining Americans in Hawaii are left to react to their defeat.
• E59: Week 120i E.09 – A Pacific War – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — Today marks the beginning of a war all over the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. How will the world change from here?
• E60: Week 120j E.10 – The Road to War – Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 7, 1941 (2020-12-07) — The circle closes, and we see why these fateful decisions were made and what the United States' reaction will be.
• E61: Week 120k – Hitler Declares War on the USA and the Jews – WW2 – December 12, 1941 (2020-12-12) — The Japanese launch attacks all over Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and launch a preemptive surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The war is suddenly much
• E62: Week 121 – The Japanese are unstoppable everywhere – WW2 – December 19, 1941 (2020-12-19) — The Japanese make gains in Malaya, Burma, Hong Kong, Borneo, and the Philippines. The Allies also have trouble in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, where they are beginning to se
• E63: Week 122 – Heinz Guderian's Christmas and the fall of Hong Kong – WW2 – December 26, 1941 (2020-12-26) — The Japanese offensives and advances in Southeast Asia and the Pacific continue unabated and both Hong Kong and Wake Island fall. British and American leaders begin the Arcadia Con

Season 04

• E1: Week 123 – The Formation of the United Nations! – WW2 – January 2, 1942 (2021-01-02) — At the ongoing Arcadia Conference, 26 nations sign the Declaration of the United Nations. Otherwise it is very much a week of motion and changes in motion: in the USSR the Soviets
• E2: Week 124 – Washington DC Abandons The Troops in the Field – WW2 – January 9, 1942 (2021-01-09) — The US government realizes that it cannot send help to relieve the US and Filipino forces in the Philippines, but it does not tell those forces. Meanwhile in the USSR, a huge Red A
• E3: Week 125 – German U-Boats to Strike New York – WW2 – January 16, 1942 (2021-01-16) — Operation Pauchenslag, long-range German submarines operating just of the US Coast, kicks into action this week, as does the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies. They also t
• E4: Week 126 – The Formalization of Extermination – The Wannsee Conference – WW2 – January 23, 1942 (2021-01-23) — Nazi Germany's "Holocaust by Bullets" has already claimed over a million lives over the past 8 months; this week German authorities hold a conference to streamline and systematize
• E5: Week 127 – Fortress Singapore Stands Alone! – WW2 – January 30, 1942 (2021-01-30) — The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Japanese are also making attacks in the Solomon Isla
• E6: Week 128 – Pearl Harbour Avenged! – WW2 – February 6, 1942 (2021-02-06) — The Japanese advance in Burma and the Dutch East Indies, but they've reached the end of the Malayan Campaign- Singapore, which they have under siege. They now prepare for the final
• E7: Week 129- German Army Surrounded: You Did Nazi That Coming! – WW2 – February 13, 1942 (2021-02-13) — The Soviet Red Army has managed to surround some 100,000 German soldiers in the Demyansk Pocket. The Allies are surrounded in Fortress Singapore and the Japanese spend the week bre
• E8: Week 130 – Britain's Worst Defeat – Singapore Falls – WW2 – February 20, 1942 (2021-02-20) — The most humiliating defeat in British history according to Winston Churchill- 80,000 men lost as prisoners of war! Humiliated by an enemy far less numerous than themselves! There
• E9: Week 131 – Japan Destroys Allied Armada in Biggest Naval Battle in Decades – WW2 – February 27, 1942 (2021-02-27) — The Japanese are advancing in the Dutch East Indies and Burma, brushing aside defenders, but their biggest victory this week is at sea, when they not only brush aside the ABDA Flee
• E10: The Japanese Raid Australia and the British Raid France – March 6, 1942 (2021-03-06) — The Japanese advance in Burma continues, threatening Rangoon, and also make landings on Java and New Guinea. They even go so far as an air raid on Broome, Australia. The British ar
• E11: Week 133 – Tumbling Capitals – MacArthur on the Run – WW2 – March 13, 1942 (2021-03-13) — Rangoon in Burma falls to the invaders without a shot, the Dutch East Indies surrender 100,000 men to them at Batavia, and the Japanese land on New Guinea and begin their advance o
• E12: Week 134 – Crap Tactics in the Pacific – Shall MacArthur Return? – WW2 – March 20, 1942 (2021-03-20) — MacArthur makes one of the most iconic remarks of the whole war, but considering the fact that the Philippines seem unsalvageable, it's pretty unclear just how he'll do it, especia
• E13: Week 135 – New Blitzkrieg Against a Wall of 9 Million! – WW2 – March 27, 1942 (2021-03-27) — The Allies make plans to bring the war to Germany by possibly attacking in North Africa. Holding Malta might be the key to such adventures, but it is increasingly harder to do. The
• E14: Week 136 – The Carpet Bombing of Germany begins – WW2 – April 3, 1942 (2021-04-03) — Britain's campaign to firebomb the old towns of Germany where civilians reside begins in earnest this week. The British also destroy the port at St. Nazaire in commando action. In
• E15: Week 137 – America Surrenders – The Fall of Bataan – April 10, 1942 (2021-04-10) — After holding out since the beginning of the year, the American and Filipino defenders at Bataan can do so no more, and they surrender to the Japanese- the Bataan Death March for t
• E16: Week 138 – America Strikes Back – Tokyo in Flames – WW2 – April 18 1942 (2021-04-17) — The Doolittle Raid is just a little bombing raid over Tokyo that doesn't do that much physical damage. It does, however, have big repercussions- partly in terms of future offensive
• E17: Week 139 – Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! – WW2 – April 25, 1942 (2021-04-24) — After last week's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, pretty much the entire Japanese fleet is sent out looking for American ships. They do not find them, but the enormous amount of radio tra
• E18: Week 140 – Japan – One Battle from Victory? – May 2, 1942 (2021-05-01) — Now Burma and control of the Burma Road have fallen to the Japanese. Can nothing stop them? The Allies are thinking about maybe using the Solomon Islands as a base to build to try
• E19: Week 141 – Carrier vs. Carrier – The Battle of Coral Sea – WW2 – May 9, 1942 (2021-05-08) — This week sees a major clash between the naval forces of the Japanese and the Allies. Both sides take big damage, though on the tactical level it is a victory for the Japanese. Ope
• E20: Week 142 – Joseph Stalin Jumps the Gun – May 16, 1942 (2021-05-15) — The Soviets pre-empt a German offensive with one of their own in the south of the Eastern Front, but that's not the only fighting. The skies over Malta and the waters of the Gulf o
• E21: Week 143 – AF is short of fresh water – WW2 – May 23, 1942 (2021-05-22) — Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrives in London to meet with Churchill, but at home in the USSR the Germans have launched an instantly successful offensive. In North Africa and M
• E22: Week 144 – Rommel's Desert Dash – The Whole Bloody Afrika Korps! – Gazala – WW2 – May 30, 1942 (2021-05-29) — Erwin Rommel begins his surprise new offensive with "Rommel's Moonlight Ride", bringing all of his mighty mobile units to the fray in North Africa, while in the Pacific, dozens of
• E23: Week 145a – Midway, pt.1 – Clash of the Titans – June 5, 1942 (2021-06-05) — The supposedly surprise Japanese operations against Midway Atoll and the Aleutian Islands kick-off, but they don't know that Allied intelligence has cracked their codes. As the Jap
• E24: Week 145b – Germany to Strike Strongest Fortress in the World – WW2 – June 6, 1942 (2021-06-06) — Midway isn't the only fight right now. Germany is trying to crack the mighty fortress of Sevastopol and take the whole Crimea. In North Africa, Rommel is routing the Allies, but in
• E25: Week 145c – Midway pt.2 – A New War? – WW2 – June 7, 1942 (2021-06-07) — We left off last time with several burning behemoths. Watch today to see the action that follows, not just on the high seas, but also in Alaska. We also turn to Washington DC and T
• E26: Week 146 – Sevastopol Must Fall! – WW2 – June 13, 1942 (2021-06-12) — It's a week of starts and stops. The Battle of Sevastopol kicks into high gear, and the Battle of Gazala enters its third phase. And what is going on in the Pacific just one week a
• E27: Week 147 – Tobruk: A second siege? – WW2 – June 20, 1942 (2021-06-19) — Two convoys head from opposite ends of the Mediterranean to supply Malta, hoping to run interference for each other, and the Battle of Sevastopol continues as the Axis slowly wear
• E28: Week 148 – Fall Blau Starts…or Does it? – WW2 – June 26, 1942 (2021-06-26) — Fall Blau, the huge Axis summer offensive in the Soviet Union, is supposed to being this, but is postponed to next. The smaller Operation Fridericus II does begin though, and what
• E29: Week 149 – Fall Blau Begins, Stalin Caught off Guard Again – WW2 – July 3, 1942 (2021-07-03) — It's that time of the year again- the time when the Axis Powers drive deep into the Soviet Union. Fall Blau is the name of this year's huge offensive, and it begins this week, maki
• E30: Week 150 – Fall Blau – A Victim of Its Own Success? – WW2 – July 10, 1942 (2021-07-10) — Adolf Hitler is not happy, and yet phase one of Fall Blau has accomplished all of its goals and done so ahead of the timetable. However, the Soviet Army in 1942 is not the same as
• E31: Week 151 – Stalingrad Now a Primary Objective?! – Hitler's Chaotic Directives – WW2 – July 17, 1942 (2021-07-17) — The second phase of Fall Blau begins with second guessing by the Axis Powers and constant changes in directive. The Soviet Union's response to the successes of the first phase of F
• E32: Week 152 – Wehrmacht Conquers 250 Miles of Nothing – WW2 – July 24, 1942 (2021-07-24) — The Soviets keep withdrawing from the advancing Axis forces, and Hitler keeps issuing contrary orders to try and stop that, with the results that logistics are getting screwed up a
• E33: Week 152B – How Hitler Created the World's Worst Traffic Jam – WW2 – July 27, 1942 (2021-07-27) — "I said DAMN, this traffic jam… How I hate to be late, hurts my motor to go so slow. Time I get home my supper be cold. Damn, this traffic jam." (James Taylor, the Eastern Front,
• E34: Week 153 – Not a Step Back! – Wehrmacht Closes in on Stalingrad – WW2 – July 31, 1942 (2021-07-31) — Operation Edelweiss opens with a blast, and as the Wehrmacht closes in on Stalingrad, Stalin issues that famous order. There aren't just big actions in the East, the Japanese have
• E35: Week 154 – Guadalcanal – Allies Take the Initiative – August 7, 1942 (2021-08-07) — The Axis Forces are on the move on the Eastern Front and in the Caucasus, but this week the Allies begin an offensive of their own: this week come Allied landings and attacks on Gu
• E36: Week 155 – No Soviet Oil for Hitler – WW2 – August 14, 1942 (2021-08-14) — The Axis advance into the Caucasus is going great… except the oil towns they take have no oil, and wasn't that the whole purpose? Meanwhile in the Pacific, the US Navy is sufferi
• E37: Week 156 – Swastika Raised on Highest Point in Europe – WW2 – August 21, 1942 (2021-08-21) — The Axis advance in the Caucasus takes Mt. Elbrus, and the one on Stalingrad continues, and there are several raids of note this week- a Japanese one on Guadalcanal is destroyed, a
• E38: Week 157 – Yamamoto: Midway Round Two? – World War Two – August 28, 1942 (2021-08-28) — The Battle of the Eastern Solomons takes place this week- another carrier battle. As for the Germans, they're advancing on Stalingrad, slowing down in the Caucasus, and Erwin Romme
• E39: Week 158 – This War is Three Years Old – WW2 – September 4, 1942 (2021-09-04) — As the war turns three there is is no slacking in the fighting. Erwin Rommel launches another Axis attack in North Africa, but it is foiled in only days, though the Axis are advanc
• E40: Week 159 – Hitler Finally Fed Up with his Army – WW2 – September 11, 1942 (2021-09-11) — Adolf Hitler sacks Wilhelm List, Army Group Commander in the Caucasus. His replacement does not have military command experience. The fighting there is still successful this week,
• E41: Week 159B – Stalingrad, Hitler's Obsession – WW2 – September 13, 1942 (2021-09-18) — Here's an extra weekly episode for you. The suburbs of Stalingrad have fallen and the fight for the city proper is about to begin, but before it does, three conferences take place
• E42: Week 160 – Stalingrad Falls? – WW2 – September 18, 1942 (2021-09-18) — It's a big week, but by now they all are. The fighting in Stalingrad is intense, the fighting on Guadalcanal is intense, and the US loses a carrier in the Pacific. And the German
• E43: Week 161 – Stalingrad, Factory by Factory, Room by Room – WW2 – September 25, 1942 (2021-09-25) — Franz Halder, German Army Chief of Staff since the war began, loses his job this week, but the offensive this summer has failed to gain any of its objectives and someone has to tak
• E44: Week 162 – This is Russia, The Soviet Thermopylae – WW2 – October 2, 1942 (2021-10-02) — The fighting for Stalingrad continues, but the Soviets forces are split and the Volga is on fire. In the Caucasus, the Axis forces for the most part are being held in check- at one
• E45: Week 163 – Stalingrad Thunderdome: Paulus vs. Chuikov! – WW2 – October 9, 1942 (2021-10-09) — Things are looking pretty grim for Vassily Chuikov's 62nd Army in Stalingrad this week, as the German 6th Army launches its biggest series of attacks so far. The Axis are unable t
• E46: Week 164 – Stalingrad, Stalingrad, No Retreat! – WW2 – October 16, 1942 (2021-10-16) — The Americans win a naval victory off Guadalcanal and even manage to reinforce the Marines there with the first Army units to arrive, but as the week ends the Japanese launch a maj
• E47: Week 165 – Showdown at El Alamein – WW2 – October 23, 1942 (2021-10-23) — Could this be the beginning of the big break in North Africa? The Allies have the men, the armor, and the fuel… they just have to deal with the Axis minefields to try and get sta
• E48: Week 166 – Nazi General Dies of Heart Attack – WW2 – October 30, 1942 (2021-10-30) — The Allies may be on the verge of a breakthrough in North Africa, but they're losing at sea to the Japanese this week, and the Axis are also advancing in the Caucasus, though the s
• E49: Week 167 – The Allies Break Through! – WW2 – November 6, 1942 (2021-11-06) — After all these months of fighting, the British 8th Army breaks through Erwin Rommel's Axis positions in North Africa, but the Allies have even bigger plans for that theater of war
• E50: Week 168 – Axis and Allies Both Invade France – WW2 – November 13, 1942 (2021-11-13) — Operation Torch goes off this week, the Allied invasion of French Northwest Africa, but this prompts the Germans to invade European France. This is the Allies first combined major
• E51: Week 169 – The Red Army Kicks Ass – Operation Uranus! – WW2 – November 20th, 1942 (2021-11-20) — After months of stubborn defense the time has finally come for the Soviet Counterstroke, but is it in time to save Stalingrad? And can the Allies reach Tunis and take all of North
• E52: Week 170 – Bigger Than Uranus? – Mars – WW2 – November 27, 1942 (2021-11-27) — Last week’s counterattack was just the beginning, for the Soviets launch another giant offensive this week. And things look bad for the Axis powers in the south of the USSR. Meanw
• E53: Week 171 – Axis Armies Facing Starvation – WW2 – December 4, 1942 (2021-12-04) — The Soviets have launched offensives on the entire eastern front and by now hundreds of thousands of men are surrounded at Stalingrad. The Japanese win a battle at sea, but are los
• E54: Week 172 – One Year Since Pearl Harbour – WW2 – December 11, 1942 (2021-12-11) — The Japanese try and fail to supply their starving soldiers. The Allies fail to break through in Tunisia and New Guinea. The fighting in the USSR is bloody, but the Axis prepare fo
• E55: Week 173 – Guadalcanal Life Expectancy: 30 Days – WW2 – December 18, 1942 (2021-12-18) — Just a few weeks ago massive offensives were launched in North Africa and the Soviet Union, against the Axis. These operations and offensives have now morphed into fully fledged ca
• E56: Week 174 – A Red Christmas – WW2 – December 25, 1942 (2021-12-25) — The Soviet offensive Operation Mars is over; it has failed, but Operation Little Saturn has been such a success that the Axis are forced to cancel their own Operation, Winter Storm

Season 05

• E1: Week 175 – And Now It's 1943… – WW2 – January 1st, 1943 (2022-01-01) — The attrition cannot continue so the Japanese decide they will evacuate Guadalcanal, conceding the Solomon Islands to the Allies. The Allies are also conceding the Caucasus, and a
• E2: Week 176 – A Soviet Offensive Along the Entire Front? – WW2 – January 8th, 1943 (2022-01-08) — Things look grim for the Germans, surrounded at Velikie Luki and Stalingrad and with no real help of relief. The Soviets are, in fact, making plans for attacks all along the front,
• E3: Week 177 – Food for Leningrad, Breaking the Siege! – WW2 – January 15th, 1943 (2022-01-15) — Soviet attacks are launched this week to destroy the Hungarians, all while the German desperation at Stalingrad and Velikie Luki continues, but in the far north the Soviets have br
• E4: Week 178 – Hitler's Interference is Losing the War – WW2 – January 22, 1943 (2022-01-22) — This is a rough week for the Germans- their trapped garrison at Velikie Luki is liquidated, and their trapped army at Stalingrad is… well, it isn't going well for them. In fact,
• E5: Week 179 – Time to Fire Rommel? – WW2 – January 29, 1943 (2022-01-29) — The Allies are unable to win in Tunisia, though further east Bernard Montgomery has achieved his goal of driving the enemy out of Libya. To the west, the Casablanca Conference come
• E6: Week 179B – Stalingrad: Endgame – WW2 – January 31, 1943 (2022-01-30) — The Allies are unable to win in Tunisia, though further east Bernard Montgomery has achieved his goal of driving the enemy out of Libya. To the west, the Casablanca Conference come
• E7: Week 180 – Guadalcanal, A New Offensive – WW2 – February 5, 1943 (2022-02-05) — This week sees the 10th anniversary of Hitler's ascension to power in Germany, but while there may be celebrations and speeches in Germany, the Battle of Stalingrad comes to its en
• E8: Week 181 – Victory at Guadalcanal – WW2 – February 12, 1943 (2022-02-05) — Operation KE, the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal, concludes this week and the campaign has been a big loss for the Japanese. The Axis forces are also withdrawing- and the Red
• E9: Week 182 – Can the Red Army Capture Hitler? – WW2 – February 19, 1943 (2022-02-19) — The Red Army liberates both Rostov and Kharkov this week, but their advancing spearheads are close to an even bigger prize, Adolf Hitler himself. It is the Axis, however, who are
• E10: Week 183 – The Blitzkrieg is Back – WW2 – February 26, 1943 (2022-02-26) — Erich von Manstein's Axis counterattack on the Eastern Front begins this week and right away smashes through the Red Army lines, threatening all the recent Soviet gains. The Allies
• E11: Week 184 – Another Naval Disaster for Japan – WW2 – March 5, 1943 (2022-03-05) — The Japanese again fail to reinforce New Guinea, losing many transport ships, and their forces there are ever more isolated. In Tunisia the Axis lose a bunch of new Tiger tanks, b
• E12: Week 185 – Rommel Leaves Africa – March 12, 1943 (2022-03-12) — Erwin Rommel loses his command and leaves Tunisia, while change in American command there puts George Patton in charge. On the ground the Axis lose the Battle of Medenine, but in t
• E13: Week 186 – Kharkov Falls Once Again – WW2 – March 19, 1943 (2022-03-19) — The twin prizes of Kharkov and Belgorod fall to Erich von Manstein's German forces this week, but this is a week of preparations- the Americans and New Zealanders are on the move i
• E14: Week 187 – American Army Finally Does Something Right – WW2 – March 26, 1943 (2022-03-26) — The British are attacking the Mareth Line in North Africa while the Americans hit the Axis flank, but the Allies are withdrawing in Burma. It's the Germans who are pulling back in
• E15: Week 187B – The End of Hydra? – WW2 – April 1, 1943 (2022-04-01) — The phantom submarine that has been savaging both Japanese and Allied shipping in the South Pacific is tracked to Hydra Island, Baron von Strucker's base. The fighting for it is a
• E16: Week 188 – Patton Has a Plan, and it's Bad – WW2 – April 2, 1943 (2022-04-02) — American attacks in Tunisia meet with local disaster, but in general the Axis forces are withdrawing there. The Allies learn about the German rocketry plans this week, and both sid
• E17: Week 189 – Mussolini is Tired of War – WW2 – April 9th, 1943 (2022-04-09) — Adolf Hitler meets with Benito Mussolini to hopefully restore his flagging morale and convince him that the Axis can hold out in North Africa, but the situation there grows more pr
• E18: Week 190 – Kursk – The Next Great Battle? – WW2 – April 16, 1943 (2022-04-16) — The Allies have one chance left to catch the Axis forces in Tunisia before they can reach the Tunis defences, in the USSR both the Axis and Soviets are making plans for a fight nea
• E19: Week 191 – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Got Him – Yamamoto – WW2 – April 23, 1943 (2022-04-23) — The mastermind of Pearl Harbor meets his fate this week in the Solomons, as do a great many Italian airmen and sailors in the Mediterranean in the Palm Sunday Massacre trying to su
• E20: Week 192 – The Race for Tunisia Turns into a Crawl – WW2 – April 30, 1943 (2022-04-30) — The Allies launch a deception operation to hide their intent of soon attacking Sicily, but first, they'll actually have to secure Tunisia, and it is slow going. A German offensive
• E21: Week 193 – Kilroy was Here! The Fall of Tunis – WW2 – May 7, 1943 (2022-05-07) — Tunis falls to the Allies, but the Axis are still fighting back from their little corner of Tunisia. There is more of the seemingly endless fighting in the Kuban in the Caucasus, a
• E22: Week 194 – The End of the War in Africa – WW2 – May 14, 1943 (2022-05-14) — With the end of the Tunisian Campaign, the Allies have won the war for the African Continent. What next? They meet at the Trident Conference in Washington DC to try and figure that
• E23: Week 195 – Wrapping up the North African Campaign – WW2 – May 21, 1943 (2022-05-21) — The Allies have won the battle for Africa, but now they have nearly 250,000 POWs to care for, and do not have the facilities to do so. The Trident Conference continues in Washingto
• E24: Week 196 – Black May, Nazi Subs Defeated – WW2 – May 28, 1943 (2022-05-28) — German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the U-Boats to leave the Atlantic this week; the losses lately have just been too great for their patrols to continue there. There is active
• E25: Week 197 – Banzai Charges in Alaska – WW2 – June 4, 1943 (2022-06-04) — The Chinese defeat the Japanese at Shipai Fortress and the Americans maul the Japanese in the Aleutians. The Japanese are also worried about the possibility of the USSR joining the
• E26: Week 198 – Eisenhower Lays Out His Plans for Sicily – WW2 – June 11, 1943 (2022-06-11) — The Allies bomb Mediterranean islands in preparation for their invasion of Sicily next month; they also prepare a lot of deceptions to mislead the enemy as to where they will attac
• E27: Week 199 – Kursk: Soviets Dig-In for Blitzkrieg – WW2 – June 18, 1943 (2022-06-18) — The Soviets have put civilians to work by the hundreds of thousands, building line after line of defenses in the Kursk Salient, where they are sure the Germans are soon to attack.
• E28: Week 200 – Two Hundred Weeks of War – WW2 – June 25, 1943 (2022-06-25) — The Allies make some preliminary moves ahead of their next big operation in the Solomon Island as well as a few before their impending invasion of Sicily. Meanwhile, in the Soviet
• E29: Week 201 – Tougher than Guadalcanal: New Georgia – July 2, 1943 (2022-07-02) — The Allies begin the next phase of their Solomon Islands offensives, the invasion of New Georgia, even as the regional fighting continues on New Guinea. Adolf Hitler schedules his
• E30: Week 202 – Kursk, When Titans Clash – July 9, 1943 (2022-07-10) — Adolf Hitler launches his huge summer offensive in the USSR, Operation Citadel, known as the Battle of Kursk. Men in the millions clash. The Allies New Georgia campaign continues i
• E31: Week 202 B – Prokhorovka: An Avalanche of Armor – WW2 – July 13, 1943 (2022-07-13) — As dawn broke on 12th July 1943, the spearheads of the German II SS Panzer Corps and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army were shuffling into their positions. The battle of Zitadelle wa
• E32: Week 203 – Who Let the Dogs Out?! – The Invasion of Sicily – WW2 – July 16, 1943 (2022-07-16) — The Allies have begun their fight to take back Western Europe with Operation Husky. That's not the only news though. They are also trying to extend their foothold in the Solomons,
• E33: Week 204 – After a Victory at Kursk, The Soviets Attack Everywhere – WW2 – July 23, 1943 (2022-07-23) — The Allied invasion of Italy powers on and puts the future of a key axis power at play. In the USSR, the Soviets have learnt to deal with German offensives, as the Wehrmacht strugg
• E34: Week 205 – Mussolini Falls from Power – WW2 – July 30, 1943 (2022-07-30) — The Allied advance on Sicily continues, though they're really gearing up for operations next week. The Soviet advances around in the USSR and in New Georgia also continue, with the
• E35: Week 206 – Allied Tidal Wave in Romania – WW2 – August 6, 1943 (2022-08-06) — The Allies bomb the Romanian oil fields, a major Axis source of oil, but it does not go well for the attackers. They do advance in both Sicily and the Solomon Islands- where a futu
• E36: Week 207 – Manstein Goes Great War Style – WW2 – August 13, 1943 (2022-08-13) — From Sicily to Spas-Demensk, the Axis continue conceding ground to the Allies this week. But the fighting is still tough. The Wehrmacht has halted the Red Army offensive in the Kub
• E37: Week 208 – Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line – WW2 – August 20, 1943 (2022-08-20) — The British and Americans race for Messina to complete the conquest of Sicily- who will reach it first? On New Guinea, the Allies destroy a substantial Japanese air force; there a
• E38: Week 209 – Kharkov Changes Hands for the Fourth Time – WW2 – August 27, 1943 (2022-08-27) — As the war grows ever more ferocious, some people are unfortunate enough to see the front line arrive to their villages, towns, and cities multiple times.
• E39: Week 210 – The War is Four Years Old this Week – WW2 – September 3, 1943 (2022-09-03) — Four years of war and no real end in sight, but as the week ends the Allies land their first troops on Italy, actively committing themselves to a front in Western Europe. In the US
• E40: Week 211 – The Allies' Latest Victory – WW2 – September 1943 (2022-09-10) — Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the secret armistice signed last week, and Italy is now officially out of the war. The Italian Fleet sails for Malta and Allied captivity. The
• E41: Week 212 – Jailbreak! Mussolini on the Loose Again! – WW2 – September 17, 1943 (2022-09-17)
• E42: Week 213 – Red Army Reaches the Dnieper – WW2 – September 24, 1943 (2022-09-24) — Benito Mussolini proclaims a new fascist republic in Italy, but this time it is a full puppet state to Germany. There is scattered fighting around Italy and the Dodecanese- includi
• E43: Week 214 – Smolensk and Naples Liberated! Both in Ruins – WW2 – October 1, 1943 (2022-10-01) — Major prizes are taken by the Allies this week on two fronts- Naples in Italy and Smolensk in the USSR, but they are advancing all over the Eastern Front, across the Italian penins
• E44: Week 215 – Could the Soviets Cut Off Crimea? – WW2 – October 8, 1943 (2022-10-08) — The Germans booby-trapped Naples when they evacuated last week and local civilians now pay the price. In the Mediterranean, Kos falls to the Germans while Corsica is liberated by t
• E45: Week 216 – Zaporizhzhia! – WW2 – October 15, 1943 (2022-10-15) — The Allies begin an aerial bombing campaign against the Japanese base at Rabaul. It has big success, though Allied bombing in Europe this week achieves big failure. The Allied adva
• E46: Week 217 – Stalin Agrees to the United Nations – WW2 – October 22, 1943 (2022-10-22) — A Conference in Moscow lays out some postwar plans of the Allies, but the war has to be won first. The Allies fight their way across both the Dnieper and Volturno Rivers, but the
• E47: Week 218 – Fresh German Armour in the USSR! – WW2 – October 29, 1943 (2022-10-29) — Erich von Manstein finally gets the reserve armor he's been begging Hitler for, so he can carry out his counteroffensive in Ukraine. The Soviets are still on the move themselves th
• E48: Week 219 – Allies Launch New Phase in Pacific War – WW2 – November 5, 1943 (2022-11-05) — The Allies hit the beaches of Bougainville, largest and last of the Solomon Islands. They create and expand a beachhead there and also win battles there at sea and in the skies. I
• E49: Week 220 – Kiev Liberated! Celebrations in Moscow! – WW2 – November 12, 1943 (2022-11-12) — The Red Army has driven the Axis forces out of Kiev, third largest city in the USSR. The Allies are also advancing, albeit slowly and at great cost, in Italy, but in the South Paci
• E50: Week 221 – A Conspiracy to Kill America's President? – WW2 – November 19, 1943 (2022-11-19) — A torpedo attack against the President; a Marine invasion in the central Pacific that turns very bloody in a hurry; German counterattacks in the Soviet Union; a bombing raid in Ita
• E51: Week 222 – The Costliest Day in US Marine History – WW" – November 26, 1943 (2022-11-26) — The Americans attack the Gilbert Islands this week, and though they successfully take Tarawa and Makin Atolls, it is VERY costly in lives, and show that the Japanese are not going
• E52: Week 223 – Operation Overlord Confirmed at Teheran – WW2 – December 3, 1943 (2022-12-03) — The Teheran Conference is in full swing and the Allied leadership and plan for a cross channel invasion of Europe is agreed upon by Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. There are new
• E53: Week 224 – An Amphibious Landing to Take Rome? – WW2 – December 10, 1943 (2022-12-10) — There are plans afoot to hit the enemy from behind in Italy. Allied leaders are meeting again in Cairo to go over other plans, notably what to do about China and Burma. There is ac
• E54: Week 225 – A Super Bomber to Break Japan – WW2 – December 17, 1943 (2022-12-17) — This war has now lasted as long as the Great War did, but there's no signs of it slowing. The Soviets have three offensives going on on the Eastern Front, in Italy the Allies are a
• E55: Week 226 – Stalin's Christmas Surprise – Major Offensive to Come – WW2 – December 24, 1943 (2022-12-24) — Twas the night before Christmas and the war was grinding on. The Moro River Campaign continues in Italy with Canadian infantry pushing past the Gully and into 'Little Stalingrad'.
• E56: Week 227 – Canadians Take Little Stalingrad – WW2 – December 31, 1943 (2022-12-31) — 1943 reaches its end with no end in sight for the war. In Italy, the Canadians take Ortona after bloody close fighting, the US Marines advance on New Britain, and a new Soviet off

Season 06

• E1: Week 228 – "Russians 27 Miles from Poland" – WW2 – January 7, 1944 (2023-01-07) — That's what the headlines say as the Red Army continues its advance in Ukraine. There are also plans afoot for a northern offensive to end the siege of Leningrad. There are also pl
• E2: Week 229 – Time to Liberate Leningrad! – January 14, 1944 (2023-01-14) — Three Soviet Fronts launch major offensives to try and finally free Leningrad, under siege for nearly two and a half years now. The Soviets are, in fact, making attacks along most
• E3: Week 230 – Monte Cassino, the Battle Begins – WW2 – January 21, 1944 (2023-01-21) — The Allies have reached the linchpin of the German defenses in Italy, but a first attack proves disastrous. It does, though, divert troops from where they soon plan to make landing
• E4: Week 231 – Anzio Begins – Allies Already Pinned Down – WW2 – January 28, 1944 (2023-01-28) — Some big news is the Allies amphibious offensive to hit the Germans behind their lines at Anzio in Italy, some other big news is that after nearly two and a half years, the Soviets
• E5: Week 232 – Leningrad: NO STEP BACK! – WW2 – February 4, 1944 (2023-02-04) — The Allies begin a new operation in the Pacific this week: assaulting the Marshall Islands. They also make big attacks from their beachhead in Italy at Anzio, but these are called
• E6: Week 233 – German Desperation in Korsun Pocket – February 11, 1944 (2023-02-11) — It is crisis mode in the Korsun Pocket this week for the Axis troops surrounded, but they are also losing ground all over the Eastern Front this week, including the big prize of Ni
• E7: Week 234 – The Destruction of Mote Cassino – WW2 – February 18, 1944 (2023-02-18) — The Allies bomb the monastery atop Monte Cassino in Italy, but just to the Northwest it's the Germans attacking them at Anzio this week. In the Soviet Union, the Axis break out of
• E8: Week 235 – Tojo Takes Control – WW2 – February 25, 1944 (2023-02-25) — Now that the Americans have seized the Marshall Islands, they can bypass the Japanese base at Truk. This impels Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to shake up both army and navy command, a
• E9: Week 236 – MacArthur and Nimitz Go Head-to-Head – WW" – March 4, 1944 (2023-03-04) — The American attacks against the Admiralty Islands are successful, but this causes real tensions between Commanders Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz. Much of this week is taken
• E10: Week 237 – Zhukov Hits the Ground Running – WW2 – Marc 11, 1944 (2023-03-11) — The Soviets launch not one, not two, but three offensives in Ukraine this week, designed to destroy the entire southern wing of the German forces. The Japanese counterattack agains
• E11: Week 238 – The Japanese Invade India! – WW2 – March 18, 1944 (2023-03-18) — Operation U-Go, Renya Mutaguchi's invasion of India, is in full swing this week, as his men aim at Imphal and Kohima; three Soviets Fronts batter their way through the Axis positio
• E12: Week 239 – Germany Invades Hungary – WW2 – March 25, 1944 (2023-03-25) — Germany occupies Hungary this week to prevent any possible Hungarian defection from the war, the Soviets continue pushing back the Axis in Ukraine, pressing them ever more toward R
• E13: Week 240 – Goodbye Manstein… Hello Model – WW" – April 1, 1944 (2023-04-01) — As the Allies prepare to close in on Germany from all fronts, a shake up of the German military leadership can only achieve so much…
• E14: Week 241 – New Offensive in the Crimea – WW2 – April 8, 1944 (2023-04-08) — The Soviets are finally going to try and push the Axis out of Sevastopol and the Crimea. They also continue to drive the Axis back in Transnistria. Over in Burma and Northeastern I
• E15: Week 242 – 4,000 German Teens Trapped in Tarnopol – WW2 – April 15, 1944 (2023-04-15) — Thousands of German soldiers, mostly new teenage recruits, are obeying Hitler's 'Fortress Directive' and are surrounded in Tarnopol; it does not go well for them. German forces in
• E16: Week 243 – The Biggest Offensive in Japanese History – WW2 – April 22, 1944 (2023-04-22) — Japan Launches Operation Ichigo in China, their largest offensive of the war… or ever, but over in India things are not going well for the Japanese at Imphal and Kohima. The Alli
• E17: Week 244 – Germany's Existential Crisis – WW2 – April 29, 1944 (2023-04-29) — The fighting at Kohima is up close, personal, and vicious, as it is at Imphal. The Allies consolidate their gains at Hollandia, the Japanese are advancing in Central China, and it
• E18: Week 245 – Total Chaos on the Chinese Front! – WW2 – May6, 1944 (2023-05-06) — A command crisis in the Chinese Nationalist Army benefits the Japanese invaders, in Italy, Mark Clark spends his birthday planning new offensives, the Japanese are pushing for Imph
• E19: Week 246 – Victory at Sevastopol! – WW2 – May 13, 1944 (2023-05-13) — The Soviets push the Axis out of the Crimea this week once and for all. In Italy, the Allies launch a major offensive, and the French make a breakthrough there by week's end. In C
• E20: Week 247 – The Fall of Monte Cassino – WW2 – May 20, 1944 (2023-05-20) — In Italy, the Allies finally overcome Monte Cassino and break through the Gustav Line; in Burma Merrill's Marauders surprise the Japanese and take Myitkyina Airfield; in China, it'
• E21: Week 248 – Breakout from Anzio! – WW2 – May 27, 1944 (2023-05-27) — After four month, the Allies breakout from their bridgehead at Anzio and meet with the advancing troops heading north after the fall of Monte Cassino last week. The Japanese begin
• E22: Week 249 – The Allies are Driving for Rome – WW2 – June 3, 1944 (2023-06-04) — The Allies head north in Italy after the fall of Monte Cassino last week; the Japanese head south in China in a new phase of their offensive; and the Soviets and the Western Allies
• E23: Week 250 – The Invasion of Normandy Begins! – WW2 – June 10, 1944 (2023-06-10) — The Allies' gigantic, amphibious invasion of France begins and by the end of the week they've carved out a decent sized beachhead. Meanwhile in Italy the Allied advance takes Rome.
• E24: Week 251 – Titanic Clash Looms in Pacific – WW2 – June 17, 1944 (2023-06-17) — Japanese and American navies are heading for a showdown in the Philippine Sea, even as American forces land on Saipan in the Marianas in force. The Japanese have Changsha under sie
• E25: Week 252 – The Greatest Pincer Movement in Military History – WW2 – June 24, 1944 (2023-06-24) — The Red Army surges forward in Operation Bagration, a mighty new offensive to destroy German Army Group Centre. Fighting continues in Normandy, Italy, and Finland. The United State
• E26: Week 253 – Allies Liberate Cherbourg – WW2 – July 1, 1944 (2023-07-01) — Several weeks after the invasion of Normandy began, the Allies finally take a port city there, though the actual harbor has been destroyed. On Saipan the Americans have the advant
• E27: Week 254 – The Destruction of Army Group Centre – WW2 – July 8, 1944 (2023-07-08) — Operation Bagration continues, smashing the armies of German Army Group Center and taking ever more territory including the prize of Minsk; on Saipan the Americans have taken most
• E28: Week 255 – Mass Suicide on Saipan – WW2 – July15, 1944 (2023-07-15) — Japanese troops and civilians commit mass suicide rather than surrender to the Americans in the Marianas; in Normandy, Caen has finally fallen to the Allies though the fight for St
• E29: Week 256 – Sayonara Tojo – WW2 – July 22, 1944 (2023-07-22) — This week, Adolf Hitler is blown up and Hideki Tojo steps down. In the Pacific, the Americans land on Guam and prepare for hard fighting. In France, the Americans take Saint-Lô and
• E30: Week 257 – Bradley Unleashes His Cobra – WW2 – July 29, 1944 (2023-07-29) — Operation Cobra is the drop that finally opens the floodgates and the Allies make a breakthrough in Normandy; up in the Baltics the Soviets take Shaulyai, Dvinsk, and finally Narva
• E31: Week 258 – The Warsaw Uprising Begins! – WW2 – August 5, 1944 (2023-08-05) — As the Red Army closes in on Warsaw, the Polish Home Army in the city rises up against the German forces. Up in the north the Red Army takes Kaunas. The Allies take Florence in Ita
• E32: Week 259 – Panzer Revenge in Normandy – WW2 – August 12, 1944 (2023-08-12) — The Germans launch a counter attack to sabotage the Allied positions in France. In the Baltics the Soviet advances grind to a halt, but the Soviets are busy making plans to invade
• E33: Week 260 – Hitler Has A Bad Day – WW2 August 19, 1944 (2023-08-19) — This week the Allies invade Southern France, and do so very successfully. They're also successful in the north, closing the Falaise gap and trapping huge numbers of Germans. In the
• E34: Week 261 – The Liberation of Paris – WW2 – August 26, 1944 (2023-08-26) — Paris is liberated by the Allies, a symbolic act that causes the world to rejoice. Something far more important to the course of the war, though, happens this week in Romania. The
• E35: Week 262 – The War is Five Years Old – WW2 – September 2, 1944 (2023-09-02) — Five years of war and no real end in sight, though the Allies sure seem to have the upper hand at the moment. Romania is coming under the Soviet thumb and Red Army troops are at Bu
• E36: Week 263 – Bulgaria at War with Everyone – September 9, 1944 (2023-09-09) — This week the USSR invades Bulgaria… who've also declared war on Germany, and who are still at war with the US and Britain, so Bulgaria is briefly technically at war with all fou
• E37: Week 264 – The Ballad of Chiang and Vinegar Joe – WW2 – September 16, 1944 (2023-09-16) — The Japanese attacks in Guangxi worry Joe Stilwell enough that he gets FDR to issue an ultimatum to Chiang Kai-Shek, in France the Allied invasion forces that hit the north and sou
• E38: Week 265 – Operation Market Garden Begins – WW2 – September 23, 1944 (2023-09-23) — Monty's Operation(s) Market Garden, to drop men deep in the German rear in the Netherlands and secure a series of bridges, begins this week, but has serious trouble. In Italy the
• E39: Week 266 – The End of Market Garden – WW2 – September 30, 1944 (2023-09-30) — This week, Operation Market Garden comes to its unsuccessful conclusion, but there's a lot more going on- the Soviets launch an offensive in the Estonian Archipelago, the Warsaw Up
• E40: Week 267 – The End of the Warsaw Uprising – WW2 – October 7, 1944 (2023-10-07) — The Warsaw Uprising comes to its conclusion, a tragic one for the Poles. In the field in Europe, there are Allied attacks toward Aachen, Bologna, and Debrecen, while in China the
• E41: Week 268 – The Isolation of Army Group North – WW2 – October 14, 1944 (2023-10-14) — Churchill and Stalin meet at the Moscow Conference and talk about future 'spheres of influence' in the Balkans. They also make plans for the future of Poland. In the field the Sovi
• E42: Week 269 – SS Commando Coup in Hungary – WW2 – October 21, 1944 (2023-10-21) — The Germans engineer a coup in Hungary to keep the Hungarian army in the war, but the Allies have finally entered Germany in force, taking Aachen in the west. The Soviets liberate
• E43: Week 270 – The Battle of Leyte Gulf – WW2 – October 28, 1944 (2023-10-28) — This is it – the big showdown between US and Japanese Navies, and the largest naval battle ever fought in terms of total tonnage. American landings on Leyte itself are still in pro
• E44: Week 271 – Stalin says, "Bring me Budapest!" – WW2 – November 4, 1944 (2023-11-04) — Josef Stalin wants Rodion Malinovsky to attack Budapest without delay, but this might cause problems for the Soviets. In the west, the Canadians fight to clear Antwerp port while
• E45: Week 272 – The Futile Fight in Hurtgen Forest – WW2 – November 11, 1944 (2023-11-11) — The struggle for Hurtgen forest, one tiny piece at a time, continues. The Allies have, however, secured Walcheren Island, and also launch Operation Queen to try and reach and cross
• E46: Week 273 – How Himmler Learned to Love the Russians – WW2 – November 18, 1944 (2023-11-18) — Heinrich Himmler wants to build an Army of Soviet POWs, but that has some problems; Patrick Hurley becomes US Ambassador to China, but even before that he's in hot water with Chian
• E47: Week 274 – General Patton's Metz Obsession – WW2 – November 25, 1944 (2023-11-25) — Metz finally falls to Patton's 3rd Army, but boy, it's taken some time. To the south, the Allies also take Belfort and Strasbourg, and to the north Operation Queen continues tryin
• E48: Week 275 – Was Hurtgen Forest Worth It? – WW2 – December 2, 1944 (2023-12-02) — The bulk of the fight for Hürtgen Forest is now over, and today we look at the results. We also look at Soviet plans for their January offensive. In the field this week, the Red Ar
• E49: Week 276 – Can the Americans Stop the Kamikazes? – WW2 – December 9, 1944 (2023-12-09) — This is a very busy week of the war. In the west, the Americans manage to reach the Roer River in force, but haven't taken any of its dams; in Italy, the Allies liberate Ravenna; t
• E50: Week 277 – The Battle of the Bulge Begins – WW2 – December 16, 1944 (2023-12-16) — Adolf Hitler's Ardennes counteroffensive finally goes off this week, and it does indeed catch the Allies by surprise, and they suspend other offensive operations in the west. They
• E51: Week 278 – The Siege of Bastogne Begins – WW2 – December 23, 1944 (2023-12-23) — The German Ardennes Offensive, called by the Allies the Battle of the Bulge, is in full swing in Luxembourg and Belgium this week, and the Germans have the key junction town of Bas
• E52: Week 279 – Budapest Under Siege – WW2 – December 30, 1944 (2023-12-30) — In the west, the Allies break the siege of Bastogne, but the fight for the Ardennes continues. and British Commander Bernard Montgomery is maneuvering to take command of the Weste

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