EPISODE TITLES

"DATELINE"
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101 - Looks at Hitler’s rise to power and his first steps toward expansion; the war in Asia begins as Japan invades China.
 
102 - War breaks out in Europe as Germany invades Poland, France, and engages in air war with Britain.  The United States begins to build military.  

103 - Tensions rise between US and Japan.  Germany invades Russia, and the US agrees to arm British Lend Lease.
 
104 - Japan draws United States into war with attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, and the Russians launch a massive counter-attack against the Germans.  

105 - Rommel retreats in North Africa, and citizens of Leningrad suffer through siege.  We also a look at US fighter planes.  

106 - American forces in Philippines retreat to Bataan, and the American Volunteer Group better known as Flying Tigers, battle the Japanese in China and Burma.  Rommel catches the British off guard in North Africa.  

107 - Singapore falls to the Japanese, and the Nazi’s decide on "Final Solution" to the Jewish question.  In the United States, Japanese-Americans are interned.  

108 - General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines and promises, "I shall return."  General Stillwell takes command in China, and a look at life after enlistment in the Army.  

109 - Japanese capture Mandalay, and the Allies split the Pacific command between General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz.  A look at America’s Military Industrial Complex.  

110 - General Jimmy Doolittle bombs Tokyo with B-25 bombers launched from carrier.  In the Philippines, US forces on Bataan surrender.  
111 - US wins victory in carrier battle in carrier battle in Coral Sea, and the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands.  A look at the top Nazi leadership.  

112 - Turning point in Pacific War with decisive US victory at Midway.  Rommel captures Tobruk, and the Nazis begin their push toward Stalingrad.  

113 - Churchill visits North Africa and Moscow.  The Luftwaffe pounds the British garrison on Malta, and Rommel is defeated at El Alamein.  

114 - US Marines invade Guadalcanal, as Canadians meet with disaster in their invasion of Dieppe.  On the Eastern Front, Stalingrad is on the brink of collapse.  

115 - Marines battle for Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal as the allies fight the wolfpacks for control of the Atlantic.  A look at Lend Lease shipments to Russia.  

116 - The British 8th Army under General Alexander wins big at El Alamein, as the Americans land on the north coast of Africa.  Also a look at medical care in the Jungle.  

117 - Vichy French troops capitulate in North Africa, and the German 6th Army is trapped at Stalingrad.  The US Navy wins a decisive victory off the coast of Guadalcanal.  

118 - The Americans and Australians fight in the jungles of New Guinea, as the Russians tighten the noose around Stalingrad.  Troops in North Africa long for home at Christmas.  

119 - Allied Leaders meet at Casablanca to decide on their future strategy.  French Admiral Darian is assassinated, and Americans launch a drive to recycle old rubber.  

120 - Russians break the German Siege at Stalingrad and Leningrad, and the British take Tripoli.  Both sides employ radar in their efforts to win the fight for the skies.
 
121 - The Americans claim victory on Guadalcanal, and the Chindits frustrate the Japanese with guerilla tactics in Burma.  The Germans hit the US hard at Kasserine Pass.  

122 - Patton arrives in North Africa as Rommel leaves.  The RAF targets German industry, and American soldiers go to school for jungle training.  

123 - Patton beats Germans at El Guettar.  Admiral Yamamoto is killed over Bougainville, and a look at nose art on American planes.  The fighting continues in North Africa.  The Nazis retreat from the North Atlantic, and a look at life on a carrier.  

124 -Allies deceive Germans with Operation Mincemeat.  The fighting continues in North Africa.  The Nazis retreat from the North Atlantic, and a look at life on a carrier.  

125 - In the Pacific the Americans invade Attu and New Georgia.  The Allies claim final victory in North Africa, and begin planning for the invasion of Sicily.  

126 - The Allies invade Sicily.  German and Russian armor face off at Kursk.  The American Navy plans its assault across the Pacific, and a look at the engineers’ job in Europe.  

127 - The Allies near victory on Sicily.  The Americans launch airstrikes on Bougainville, as Munda falls.  The 9th Airforce bombs German oil refineries at Ploesti, and the Russians continue their drive west.  

128 - The Allies win on Sicily and prepare for the invasion of the Italian mainland.  In the Pacific, the Americans utilize an island hopping strategy to great success.  Allied bombers are mauled over Schweinfurt.  

129 - Italy surrenders as Allies invade mainland.  MacArthur fools Japanese on New Guinea.  Allies bomb German rocket research facilities, and a look at Japan’s elite military institutions.
 
130 - Germans stage daring rescue of Mussolini.  Allies halt unescorted daylight bombing raids over Germany.  The Americans launch their Central Pacific Drive.  A look at life in Britain.
 
131 - Allies take Naples and the Italians declare war on Germany.  The Russians retake Kiev, and a look at the effects of mud on the battlefield.  

132 - Tough German defenses stymie Allied drive in Italy.  Allied leaders meet at Cairo and Tehran.  In the Pacific, Halsey reaches the top of the Solomon ladder at Bougainville.  

133 - The British continue offensive in Italy.  Preparations underway for impending invasion of France on both sides of the channel.  American Marines bloodied on beaches of Tarawa, and a look at the mule’s contribution to the war effort.
 
134 - 1943, the year in Review.  The Americans invade New Britain.  The P-51, refitted with a new engine, enters the fray, and the Americans in Italy use wine barrels to protect their airfields.  

135 - In Italy the Allies are stopped at Cassino and land at Anzio.  The Americans win a big victory in the Marshalls, and the Red Army breaks the siege of Leningrad.  

136 - Germans attack Anzio beachhead and the allies bomb Monte Cassino.  The Americans continue to roll through Japanese defenses in the Central Pacific.  General Doolittle resumes daylight bombing raids on Germany.  

137 - In India, the Japanese launch an unexpected offensive.  The Red Army rolls across the Crimea liberating Odessa and Sevestapol.  Hollandia falls to General MacArthur’s forces, and preparations for Operation Overlord continue.  

138 - The Allies break the stalemates at Anzio and Cassino.  In Berlin, Hitler shuffles his western command.  A look at a bizarre navy ritual, and General Eisenhower makes the decision to launch Operation Overlord.  

139 - D-Day Special:  Including the Airborne assault on invasion flanks, the amphibious landings on the north coast of France, the German reaction, and the end of the day.  

140 - General Mark Clark’s forces liberate Rome.  Allied forces in Normandy struggle to expand their beachhead.  Task Force 58 assaults Saipan, and the first of Hitler’s vengeance weapons strike London.
 
141 - Patton’s Third Army becomes operational.  Battle of the Philippine Sea.  GI Bill becomes law.  Battle for Saipan continues.  

142 - Normandy update:  Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt fired, 1st U.S. Army advances on St. Lo.  Fighting on Saipan concludes.  Italian front:  with the Normandy invasion, Italy becomes a forgotten theater.

143 - Italy update:  Leghorn and Pisa fall.  The British effort at Caen.  The fall of St. Lo.  Pacific Update:  Tojo resigns, U.S. forces land on Guam and Tinian.  Attempted assassination of Hitler.  

144 - Russian halt on the Vistula allows Germans to crush Warsaw resistance.  Return of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry.  Eisenhower’s forces race across Europe.  Amphibious maintenance shops keep the Western Allies moving.  The British 7th Corps take Florence.  Cleaver innovations help overcome tank obstacles.  St. Lo. Breakout.  

145 - The fight for Brittany.  Operations Anvil and Dragoon.  Photo Recon and mapping.  

146  - FFI tanks enter Paris.  New Russian offensive in Baltics.  The debate on broad verses narrow front approach.  B-29s arrive in Saipan.  U.S. forces land on Peleilu.
 
147 - Operation Market Garden.  U.S. airstrikes on Luzon.  The Philippines declares war on the U.S. as the Third Army begins its attack on Metz.  U.S. First Army launches attack near Aachen/Huertgen.
 
148 - Churchill and Eden go to Moscow to plan for the post war sphere of influence.  Soviet drive in the Balkans continues.  Peleliu update.  Allied dash along the channel.  

149 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf.  The landings on Leyte.  Volksstrum created, Aachen Falls.  The battle for Walchern Island.  

150 - Patton’s Third Army crosses Moselle near Metz.  General Yamashita reinforces Leyte.  FDR re-elected.  British tallboy bombs sink battleship Tirpitz.  

151-183 - The rest of the war