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in 1945, a desperate Japan is attacked by U.S. carriers and amphibious forces.

World War II in Color

Victory in the Pacific

Allied forces are within striking distince of the Rhine; a Red Army blitzkrieg brings Soviet forces to the River Oder.

Victory in Europe

By the spring of 1943, the Pacific war had reached a turning point.

The Island War

By late summer 1944, the Allied forces in north-west Europe were thrusting towards the German border.

Closing the Ring

Hitler faced a new threat, Allied preparations to invade north-west France were coming to a climax.

Overlord

War on the two fronts catches up with Hitler, leaving him on the run in mid-1943.

The Soviet Steamroller

The race begins to develop new weapons and ways to wage war.

Turning the Tide

Benito Mussolini dreams of recreating the Roman Empire.

Mediterranean and North Africa

On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes bomb the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.

Red Sun Rampant

No longer considering Britain a threat, Hitler focuses on Operation Barbarossa.

Hitler Strikes East

Being victorious in western Europe, Nazi Germany controlled Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, but Britain remained defiant.

Britain at Bay

Facing a new type of warfare, Poland was conquered in just four weeks by Hitler's army.

Lightning War

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