Week 301 - Japan vows to fight to the end! - WW2 - June 1, 1945

1st June 2024 19 mins Season 7 Episode 25

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.

View season

Up next

Next Episode

View season

Season 7 · Episode 26

Week 302 - Operation Downfall: 2 Million Men to Invade Japan - WW2 - June 8, 1945

The plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands in the fall grow ever more concrete, with the main issue being not just how to transport men by the millions around the world, but where to put them once they get there. On land the fight continues in Okinawa and the Philippines, and at sea the American fleet is savaged by a typhoon for the second time in six months.

Episode details

Details

Talent

Cast & Crew

Recommended