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In 1945 US forces are advancing towards Japan, but the road to victory will be bloody.


» CHAPTERS
00:00 Battle of Iwo Jima
17:41 Battle of Okinawa
34:21 Atomic Bombs and Japanese Surrender
43:07 Why Japan Surrendered


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