NaN/100 votes#1 - Week 280 - 1945 Begins! - January 6, 1945
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2024
The Germans launch a new offensive, Operation Nordwind, in Alsace, even as their offensive in the Ardennes is stalled. The Allies in the west don't just have to fight these, they are also having serious issues amongst themselves in High Command that threaten their unity. The siege of Budapest is in full swing and is a hard, fought, bloody battle, and the Soviets and the Americans have big plans for new offensives soon to kick off in Eastern Europe and the Philippines (respectively).
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#2 - Week 281 - Soviet and American Massive Attacks - WW2 - January 13, 1945
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2024
In the East, the Soviets launch a massive series of new offensives. In the West, Monty holds an ill-judged press conference about the Battle of the Bulge. Operation Nordwind, the German offensive in Alsace, continues. In Hungary, there’s house to house fighting as the Red Army besieges Budapest. In Asia, the Allies wrestle with the Kamikazes, begin their landings on Luzon, and advance in Burma.
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#3 - Week 282 - The Red Army Overruns Poland! - WW2 - January 20, 1945
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2024
The huge new Soviet offensives charge ahead this week, taking Warsaw and Krakow; in the west the Battle of the Bulge is officially called over... though there is still fighting there. On Luzon, the Americans push out of their beachhead, though there is heavy fighting to secure their flank.
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#4 - Week 283 - Himmler Takes Command - WW2 - January 27, 1945
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2024
A new German Army Group has been formed, tasked with protecting the Reich from the east and commanded by none other than Heinrich Himmler, who has never held such a command. The Soviets are really on the move in the east and have even begun reaching the prewar German border. In the west the Allies have cleared the Roer Triangle and are also working hard to eliminate the Colmar Pocket. In the Far East the Americans are advancing on Luzon, and in Burma the Allies have success on the Arakan and the Shwebo Plain, and finally manage to re open the Burma Road with China.
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#5 - Week 284 - Is the Red Army too Fast for It's Own Good - WW2 - February 3, 1945
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2024
Soviet forces have reached the old German border in force, however, logistical issues and a strong enemy presence possibly threatening their flanks means that a drive on Berlin may not be doable just now. Heinrich Himmler is in charge of the new Army Group to defend the Reich, and he has a host of problems. On the Western Front, the Allies finally eliminated the Colmar Pocket, and in the Philippines, the American advance reaches Manila, and the battle for the city is about to begin.
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#6 - Week 285 - The Battle of Manila Begins - WW2 - February 10, 1945
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2024
The American advance on Luzon has reached the Philippine capital, and it looks like they have a real fight on their hands with the Japanese there. There are supposed to be two new Allied operations starting in Western Europe, but one is delayed by flooding. The Allies do manage to eliminate the Colmar Pocket in the west, though. On the Eastern Front, there are new Soviet attacks in Pomerania and East Prussia, as well as out of the Steinau Bridgehead to the south, and in Budapest, it looks like the Soviet siege might soon end in victory.
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#7 - Week 286 - German Counterattack in Pomerania - WW2 - February 17, 1945
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2024
The Germans finally launch a counterattack into the Soviet flanks, but it does not go as well as was as hoped: The Siege of Budapest comes to an end, also not well for the Germans. The Soviets have now also surrounded Breslau. In Burma, the Allies cross the Irrawaddy River, in the Philippines the fight for Manila continues, and in the Pacific preparations are underway for an American invasion of Iwo Jima Island.
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#8 - Week 287 - Iwo Jima! - WW2 - February 24, 1945
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2024
This week the Battle of Iwo Jima begins and American forces raise the Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi. Elsewhere, the Allies fight the stiff Japanese defences in Manila. The Red Army continues fighting through East Prussia and Pomerania as Stalin plans the next stage of the advance on the Reich. There are Allied advances in Western Europe and Italy too.
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#9 - Week 288 - Allied Deception Surrounds Japanese in Burma - WW2 - March 02, 1945
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2024
Bill Slim's master plan is near fruition and the Japanese are surrounded at Meiktila in Burma. The Allies have also nearly cleared Manila on Luzon, but the fighting on Iwo Jima is just growing in intensity. In Europe, the Soviets are still on the move in Poland, though attacking now to the north, but in Hungary it's the Germans who are making plans for a new offensive. The big news on the Western Front is the Allies reaching the Rhine, though how they'll cross that mighty river is anyone's guess.
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#10 - Week 289 - German Blunder Hands Allies a Rhine Crossing - WW2 - March 09, 1945
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2024
The Allies manage to take an intact bridge over the mighty Rhine at Remagen, a major piece of luck; the Germans launch a new offensive in Hungary, and the Allies end one in Italy. Over in Burma, Meiktila falls, sabotaging the entire Japanese supply system for the country, and on Iwo Jima the fight continues, bloodier than ever for both sides.
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#11 - Week 290 - Smiling Albert Takes Command - WW2 - March 16, 1945
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2024
After the Allies took a Rhine Bridge last week, Adolf Hitler has again shuffled his commanders, moving Kesselring to the west. Meanwhile, the German offensive in Hungary comes to its end- and it does not end well for the Germans. The Japanese are nearly defeated Iwo Jima, are feeling a bit of desperation in Burma, but are far, far from defeated on Luzon.
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#12 - Week 291 - Chiang versus Mountbatten - WW2 - March 23, 1945
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2024
Chiang Kai-Shek is demanding his Chinese troops back from Burma, but this doesn't fit well with Mountbatten's plans for the region. In Burma, Bill Slim's forces liberate Mandalay this week and make plans to head south for Rangoon. There's also friction elsewhere in Allied command- between the Soviets and the Western Allies- over Italy. In the field in Europe, the Soviets advance all along the eastern front, and in the west, the Allies secure another Rhine crossing, and they also launch a double operation to send even more men across the river in force.
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#13 - Week 292 - Allies Charge Forward from the Rhine! - WW2 - March 30, 1945
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/2024
All along the Western Front the Allies break out in force, invading German territory and receiving German surrenders by the thousands. In the east, the Soviets take Danzig and Gdynia, and rout the Germans in Hungary. There's a new Japanese offensive in China, though the fight on Iwo Jima ends with a Japanese defeat.
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#14 - Week 293 - The Battle of Okinawa Begins - WW2 - April 06, 1945
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 4/6/2024
It's the next step toward invading Japan's Home Islands- invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the kamikaze menace is in full swing. In Burma, plans are made to liberate Rangoon; in the west hundreds of thousands of Germans are surrounded in the Ruhr; and in the east, the Soviets begin assaults on Königsberg and Vienna.
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#15 - Week 294 - Soviets Take Vienna and Königsberg - WW2 - April 13, 1945
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 4/13/2024
The prizes of Vienna and Königsberg fall to the Soviets as they continue what seems an inexorable advance. In the West the Allies advance to the Elbe River, but there they are stopped by command. The big news in their national papers this week is the death of American President Franklin Roosevelt, which provokes rejoicing in Hitler's bunker. The Allied fighting dash for Rangoon continues in Burma, as does the American advance on Okinawa, although Japanese resistance is stiffening and they are beginning counterattacks.
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#16 - Week 294B - Soviet Berlin Offensive Begins - WW2 - April 16, 1945
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2024
The final Soviet assault on Berlin begins today. The Soviets have two million men supported by tens of thousands of guns, tanks, and aircraft. Opposite them stand millions of men and boys of the German Wehrmacht, Waffen SS, Volkssturm, and Hitler Youth. The forces of Nazism are weakened and disorganised but determined to fight on as long as possible.
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#17 - Week 295 - 300,000 Germans Surrender in the Ruhr - WW2 - April 20, 1945
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/2024
The Soviet drive on Berlin continues, but it is now very much a race between the forces of Georgy Zhukov and those of Ivan Konev. In the west, over 300,000 Germans surrender to the Allies as the Ruhr Pocket is eliminated, though there are advances by all Allied armies this week on the whole Western Front. There is even an Allied breakthrough in Italy, though on Okinawa American attacks get nowhere. The Japanese are advancing in China, and in Burma the Allied drive for Rangoon continues.
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#18 - Week 296 - The Battle of Berlin! - WW2 - April 27, 1945
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/27/2024
The Battle for the German capital rages on all week, as the Soviets get ever closer to the Reich Chancellery, under which lies Hitler's bunker. Berlin is surrounded, but can it be relieved? There are also Allied advances in East Prussia, Czechoslovakia, and in Western Germany, but beyond that, it looks like the Axis lines have completely collapsed in Italy. The Allies are also advancing- and quickly- in Burma toward Rangoon, though not much at all on Okinawa, and it is the Japanese who are on the move in Western Hunan. It's a real rollercoaster of a week.
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#19 - Week 296B - The Death of Adolf Hitler - WW2 - April 30, 1945
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2024
Europe is broken, its cities in ruins and millions have died in war and genocide. The world has risen against the Nazi threat, and now the Nazi leader cowers in bunker under Berlin - this is how Adolf Hitler's last 15 weeks unfold, and why he ultimately chooses suicide to escape responsibility for his actions.
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#20 - Week 297 - Allied Victory in Berlin, Italy, and Burma! - WW2 - May 4, 1945
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2024
So much goes on this week, and this is the longest episode of the war by like 15 minutes. But there's so much to cover! The Battle of Berlin ends; the war in Italy ends; the war in Burma ends- well, it ends officially, though there are still tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers scattered around Burma. And there's a whole lot more to these stores and a whole lot more stories this week in the war. You can't miss this one.
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#21 - 297B - Germans and Americans fighting side by side! - WW2 - May 5, 1945
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/2024
I don't want to give too much away about this extra regular episode here in the description, but it's true- German and American soldiers fought side by side in the waning days of the European part of WW2, and not just once! And the second time is an all-time great tale of adventure.
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#22 - Week 298 - Germany Surrenders! - WW2 - May 11, 1945
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2024
Germany signs not one, but two unconditional surrenders and the war in Europe is officially over... although that does not mean that all the fighting in Europe is, for there is fighting and surrenders all over Europe all week. The Japanese launch a counteroffensive on Okinawa; the Chinese launch one in Western Hunan; the Australians advance on Borneo and New Guinea; and the fight continues on Luzon in the Philippines, so there is still an awful lot of the world war to come, even with the end of the war in Europe.
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#23 - Week 299 - Kamikazes versus Admirals! - WW2 - May 18, 1945
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2024
The kamikaze menace continues unabated, with suicide flyers hitting not one but two Admirals's flagships. There's plenty of fighting on land, though, as the Americans advance on Okinawa and take a dam on Luzon to try and solve the Manila water crisis, but even after last week's German surrender there is also still scattered fighting in Europe.
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#24 - Week 300 - The Last Battles in Europe - WW2 - May 25, 1945
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/25/2024
This week, the fighting in Europe finally comes to an end and the Allies round up more leading Nazis including Heinrich Himmler and Karl Doenitz. In Asia, the fighting continues on Okinawa even as the Japanese start pulling back. The Australians continue fighting on Tarakan, and the Chinese are victorious in western Hunan.
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#25 - Week 301 - Japan vows to fight to the end! - WW2 - June 1, 1945
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 6/1/2024
This week President Truman and his aides meet to discuss the use of the atomic bomb. In Japan, the imperial government vows to fight on even as Yokohama is turned to ash by firebombing. On Okinawa, Japanese 32nd Army withdraws from the defences of Shuri Castle but there is still plenty of hard fighting left for the Americans. There are US Navy command reshuffles and the stage is set for an Allied conference in Potsdam.
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"Week 280 - 1945 Begins! - January 6, 1945" is the best rated episode of "World War Two" season 7. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/2024. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Week 281 - Soviet and American Massive Attacks - WW2 - January 13, 1945".