S1·E12 – May 6-May 12: Germany Surrenders
2005-05-06 • 40 min
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.
Cast
Greg Stebner
Narrator
Max Hastings
Self - Author, 'Armageddon'
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