S1·E6 – March 25-March 31: War in the Pacific

As March of '45 drew to a close, even the most steadfast Germans could see the inevitable end, and thousands of troops surrendered to the Allied forces as they raced from the Rhine to Berlin. Beneath the city, Hitler lived out his final days in delusion while Allied commanders tried to claim as much of the capital for themselves as possible. And in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of the war, and set the stage for Okinawa.

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