WORLD WAR 2: THE PRICE OF EMPIRE - COMPLETE SERIES

HISTORIC UK

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We survey the interwar years, the rise of dictators, Japan’s invasion of China, and the expansion of the Third Reich.

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The invasion of Poland causes even the most resistant of powers to declare war.

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Germany seeks to neutralise the strength of Britain, the only European country still opposing Hitler, from the air.

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The war in Europe is transformed when Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa and invades the Soviet Union.

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While the Germans are invading Russia, Japan continues to pervade the East and changes the war with an attack on Pearl Harbour.

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Japan has escalated a War in the East, but has roused the might of the United States.

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The momentum behind the allies increases as the Red Army begins its remorseless advance that will end in Berlin.

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The second front opens in Europe with the D Day landings as the Germans continue to retreat from Russia.

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The Allies continue their eastward liberation push, while an irresistible tide is running against the Japanese.

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The Red Army force troops from Soviet territory, while in Japan, Okinawa comes under threat.

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Berlin falls and the war in Europe ends, Okinawa falls with terrible losses, a new weapon ends the war in the east.