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  1. Remember

    26/26 Final episode: a sombre reminder of the human cost of the bloodiest conflict in history.

  2. Reckoning

    25/26 This episode looks at how a new political order was established at the end of the war.

  3. The Bomb

    24/26 This episode looks at the Allied scientists' attempts to develop a new, powerful weapon.

  4. Pacific

    23/26 This episode looks at the Allied offensive in the Pacific.

  5. Japan

    22/26 A look at Japan's fight for survival in 1944, as it was crippled by food shortages.

  6. Nemesis

    21/26 As the net closes upon Berlin, Hitler retreats to an underground bunker.

  7. Genocide

    20/26 This edition recounts Himmler's plans to realise Hitler's vision of a pure Aryan Germany.

  8. Pincers

    19/26 With the liberation of Paris in August 1944, the war seems to be as good as over.

  9. Occupation

    18/26 The Germans strike Holland, a country with a Nazi movement but also liberal traditions.

  10. Morning

    17/26 The story of the 1944 D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy.

  11. Inside the Reich

    16/26 In the summer of 1940, the German forces are the conquerors of western Europe.

  12. Home Fires

    15/26 The Luftwaffe changes the direction of bombing raids from London to the provincial cities.

  13. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

    14/26 As Allied troops prepare to defend Burma, they are confronted by the Japanese.

  14. Tough Old Gut

    13/26 The Allies underestimate the tough task of attacking Germany via Italy.

  15. Whirlwind

    12/26 Bomber Command hit German cities at night and the Americans reinforce the daytime attacks.

  16. Red Star

    11/26 The Soviet Army battles the Germans almost alone for two years.

  17. Wolf Pack

    10/26 German U-boats cause havoc among Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic.

  18. Stalingrad

    9/26 After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

  19. The Desert

    8/26 The North Africa conflict took nearly three years to resolve, culminating at El Alamein.

  20. On Our Way

    7/26 The European and Pacific conflicts were separate - until Hitler declared war on America.

  21. Banzai!

    6/26 The Japanese launch the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor and sweep through Southeast Asia.

  22. Barbarossa

    5/26 The German-Soviet pact ends, and Hitler turns his tanks and troops against Russia.

  23. Alone

    4/26 After Dunkirk, Britain faces the Germans across the English Channel. The outlook is grim.

  24. France Falls

    3/26 France relied on the fortified Maginot Line but the Germans skirted it and forged south.

  25. Distant War

    2/26 An uneasy calm settles on Britain as Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister.

  26. A New Germany

    1/26 Defeated, Germany looks to Adolf Hitler for a resurgence of pride and prosperity.