12. May 6-May 12: Germany Surrenders (2005)
In London, Paris, New York, and Moscow, people take to the streets celebrating victory. Denmark, Norway, and the Channel Islands are liberated. However, in the Pacific Theater there is still heavy fighting on Okinawa and in the Philippines. It's a matter of honor for the Japanese who cannot contemplate the shame of defeat and surrender. U.S. General Simon Buckner is determined to keep up the pressure.
Release date: 2005-05-06
Season number: 1
Episode number: 12
Runtime: 40 minutes
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Greg Stebner - Narrator, Kerry Smith - Self - Professor, Brown University, Gregory J.W. Urwin - SelfSelf - Professor, Temple University, William Atwater - Self - Curator, US Army Ordnance Museum, Alan Brinkley - Self - Professor, Columbia University, Omer Bartov - Self - Professor, Brown University, Donald Dencker - Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific, Richard Rhodes - Self - Author, 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb', James Sheehan - Self - Professor, Stanford University