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World War Two: Season 05

56 episodes · first aired Jan 1, 2022

WW II Year 1943

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  1. 1 Week 175 - And Now It's 1943... - WW2 - January 1st, 1943 Jan 1, 2022 · 20m The attrition cannot continue so the Japanese decide they will evacuate Guadalcanal, conceding the Solomon Islands to the Allies. The Allies are also conceding the Caucasus, and a naval…
  2. 2 Week 176 - A Soviet Offensive Along the Entire Front? - WW2 - January 8th, 1943 Jan 8, 2022 · 17m Things look grim for the Germans, surrounded at Velikie Luki and Stalingrad and with no real help of relief. The Soviets are, in fact, making plans for attacks all along the front, as are…
  3. 3 Week 177 - Food for Leningrad, Breaking the Siege! - WW2 - January 15th, 1943 Jan 15, 2022 · 20m Soviet attacks are launched this week to destroy the Hungarians, all while the German desperation at Stalingrad and Velikie Luki continues, but in the far north the Soviets have broken…
  4. 4 Week 178 - Hitler's Interference is Losing the War - WW2 - January 22, 1943 Jan 22, 2022 · 20m This is a rough week for the Germans- their trapped garrison at Velikie Luki is liquidated, and their trapped army at Stalingrad is... well, it isn't going well for them. In fact, it isn't…
  5. 5 Week 179 - Time to Fire Rommel? - WW2 - January 29, 1943 Jan 29, 2022 · 20m The Allies are unable to win in Tunisia, though further east Bernard Montgomery has achieved his goal of driving the enemy out of Libya. To the west, the Casablanca Conference comes to its…
  6. 6 Week 179B - Stalingrad: Endgame - WW2 - January 31, 1943 Jan 30, 2022 · 15m The Allies are unable to win in Tunisia, though further east Bernard Montgomery has achieved his goal of driving the enemy out of Libya. To the west, the Casablanca Conference comes to its…
  7. 7 Week 180 - Guadalcanal, A New Offensive - WW2 - February 5, 1943 Feb 5, 2022 · 21m This week sees the 10th anniversary of Hitler's ascension to power in Germany, but while there may be celebrations and speeches in Germany, the Battle of Stalingrad comes to its end with…
  8. 8 Week 181 - Victory at Guadalcanal - WW2 - February 12, 1943 Feb 5, 2022 · 16m Operation KE, the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal, concludes this week and the campaign has been a big loss for the Japanese. The Axis forces are also withdrawing- and the Red Army…
  9. 9 Week 182 - Can the Red Army Capture Hitler? - WW2 - February 19, 1943 Feb 19, 2022 · 17m The Red Army liberates both Rostov and Kharkov this week, but their advancing spearheads are close to an even bigger prize, Adolf Hitler himself. It is the Axis, however, who are both…
  10. 10 Week 183 - The Blitzkrieg is Back - WW2 - February 26, 1943 Feb 26, 2022 · 18m Erich von Manstein's Axis counterattack on the Eastern Front begins this week and right away smashes through the Red Army lines, threatening all the recent Soviet gains. The Allies- the…
  11. 11 Week 184 - Another Naval Disaster for Japan - WW2 - March 5, 1943 Mar 5, 2022 · 19m The Japanese again fail to reinforce New Guinea, losing many transport ships, and their forces there are ever more isolated. In Tunisia the Axis lose a bunch of new Tiger tanks, but in the…
  12. 12 Week 185 - Rommel Leaves Africa - March 12, 1943 Mar 12, 2022 · 16m Erwin Rommel loses his command and leaves Tunisia, while change in American command there puts George Patton in charge. On the ground the Axis lose the Battle of Medenine, but in the…
  13. 13 Week 186 - Kharkov Falls Once Again - WW2 - March 19, 1943 Mar 19, 2022 · 19m The twin prizes of Kharkov and Belgorod fall to Erich von Manstein's German forces this week, but this is a week of preparations- the Americans and New Zealanders are on the move in North…
  14. 14 Week 187 - American Army Finally Does Something Right - WW2 - March 26, 1943 Mar 26, 2022 · 19m The British are attacking the Mareth Line in North Africa while the Americans hit the Axis flank, but the Allies are withdrawing in Burma. It's the Germans who are pulling back in the…
  15. 15 Week 187B - The End of Hydra? - WW2 - April 1, 1943 Apr 1, 2022 · 10m The phantom submarine that has been savaging both Japanese and Allied shipping in the South Pacific is tracked to Hydra Island, Baron von Strucker's base. The fighting for it is a tough…
  16. 16 Week 188 - Patton Has a Plan, and it's Bad - WW2 - April 2, 1943 Apr 2, 2022 · 18m American attacks in Tunisia meet with local disaster, but in general the Axis forces are withdrawing there. The Allies learn about the German rocketry plans this week, and both sides are…
  17. 17 Week 189 - Mussolini is Tired of War - WW2 - April 9th, 1943 Apr 9, 2022 · 18m Adolf Hitler meets with Benito Mussolini to hopefully restore his flagging morale and convince him that the Axis can hold out in North Africa, but the situation there grows more precarious…
  18. 18 Week 190 - Kursk - The Next Great Battle? - WW2 - April 16, 1943 Apr 16, 2022 · 19m The Allies have one chance left to catch the Axis forces in Tunisia before they can reach the Tunis defences, in the USSR both the Axis and Soviets are making plans for a fight near Kursk…
  19. 19 Week 191 - Ladies and Gentlemen, We Got Him - Yamamoto - WW2 - April 23, 1943 Apr 23, 2022 · 19m The mastermind of Pearl Harbor meets his fate this week in the Solomons, as do a great many Italian airmen and sailors in the Mediterranean in the Palm Sunday Massacre trying to supply the…
  20. 20 Week 192 - The Race for Tunisia Turns into a Crawl - WW2 - April 30, 1943 Apr 30, 2022 · 17m The Allies launch a deception operation to hide their intent of soon attacking Sicily, but first, they'll actually have to secure Tunisia, and it is slow going. A German offensive in the…
  21. 21 Week 193 - Kilroy was Here! The Fall of Tunis - WW2 - May 7, 1943 May 7, 2022 · 17m Tunis falls to the Allies, but the Axis are still fighting back from their little corner of Tunisia. There is more of the seemingly endless fighting in the Kuban in the Caucasus, and the…
  22. 22 Week 194 - The End of the War in Africa - WW2 - May 14, 1943 May 14, 2022 · 17m With the end of the Tunisian Campaign, the Allies have won the war for the African Continent. What next? They meet at the Trident Conference in Washington DC to try and figure that out…
  23. 23 Week 195 - Wrapping up the North African Campaign - WW2 - May 21, 1943 May 21, 2022 · 16m The Allies have won the battle for Africa, but now they have nearly 250,000 POWs to care for, and do not have the facilities to do so. The Trident Conference continues in Washington to try…
  24. 24 Week 196 - Black May, Nazi Subs Defeated - WW2 - May 28, 1943 May 28, 2022 · 18m German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the U-Boats to leave the Atlantic this week; the losses lately have just been too great for their patrols to continue there. There is active…
  25. 25 Week 197 - Banzai Charges in Alaska - WW2 - June 4, 1943 Jun 4, 2022 · 19m The Chinese defeat the Japanese at Shipai Fortress and the Americans maul the Japanese in the Aleutians. The Japanese are also worried about the possibility of the USSR joining the war…
  26. 26 Week 198 - Eisenhower Lays Out His Plans for Sicily - WW2 - June 11, 1943 Jun 11, 2022 · 17m The Allies bomb Mediterranean islands in preparation for their invasion of Sicily next month; they also prepare a lot of deceptions to mislead the enemy as to where they will attack. The…
  27. 27 Week 199 - Kursk: Soviets Dig-In for Blitzkrieg - WW2 - June 18, 1943 Jun 18, 2022 · 17m The Soviets have put civilians to work by the hundreds of thousands, building line after line of defenses in the Kursk Salient, where they are sure the Germans are soon to attack…
  28. 28 Week 200 - Two Hundred Weeks of War - WW2 - June 25, 1943 Jun 25, 2022 · 17m The Allies make some preliminary moves ahead of their next big operation in the Solomon Island as well as a few before their impending invasion of Sicily. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union…
  29. 29 Week 201 - Tougher than Guadalcanal: New Georgia - July 2, 1943 Jul 2, 2022 · 16m The Allies begin the next phase of their Solomon Islands offensives, the invasion of New Georgia, even as the regional fighting continues on New Guinea. Adolf Hitler schedules his summer…
  30. 30 Week 202 - Kursk, When Titans Clash - July 9, 1943 Jul 10, 2022 · 21m Adolf Hitler launches his huge summer offensive in the USSR, Operation Citadel, known as the Battle of Kursk. Men in the millions clash. The Allies New Georgia campaign continues in the…
  31. 31 Week 202 B - Prokhorovka: An Avalanche of Armor - WW2 - July 13, 1943 Jul 13, 2022 · 17m As dawn broke on 12th July 1943, the spearheads of the German II SS Panzer Corps and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army were shuffling into their positions. The battle of Zitadelle was…
  32. 32 Week 203 - Who Let the Dogs Out?! - The Invasion of Sicily - WW2 - July 16, 1943 Jul 16, 2022 · 21m The Allies have begun their fight to take back Western Europe with Operation Husky. That's not the only news though. They are also trying to extend their foothold in the Solomons, and…
  33. 33 Week 204 - After a Victory at Kursk, The Soviets Attack Everywhere - WW2 - July 23, 1943 Jul 23, 2022 · 17m The Allied invasion of Italy powers on and puts the future of a key axis power at play. In the USSR, the Soviets have learnt to deal with German offensives, as the Wehrmacht struggles to…
  34. 34 Week 205 - Mussolini Falls from Power - WW2 - July 30, 1943 Jul 30, 2022 · 16m The Allied advance on Sicily continues, though they're really gearing up for operations next week. The Soviet advances around in the USSR and in New Georgia also continue, with the enemy…
  35. 35 Week 206 - Allied Tidal Wave in Romania - WW2 - August 6, 1943 Aug 6, 2022 · 20m The Allies bomb the Romanian oil fields, a major Axis source of oil, but it does not go well for the attackers. They do advance in both Sicily and the Solomon Islands- where a future…
  36. 36 Week 207 - Manstein Goes Great War Style - WW2 - August 13, 1943 Aug 13, 2022 · 20m From Sicily to Spas-Demensk, the Axis continue conceding ground to the Allies this week. But the fighting is still tough. The Wehrmacht has halted the Red Army offensive in the Kuban, and…
  37. 37 Week 208 - Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line - WW2 - August 20, 1943 Aug 20, 2022 · 19m The British and Americans race for Messina to complete the conquest of Sicily- who will reach it first? On New Guinea, the Allies destroy a substantial Japanese air force; there are…
  38. 38 Week 209 - Kharkov Changes Hands for the Fourth Time - WW2 - August 27, 1943 Aug 27, 2022 · 20m As the war grows ever more ferocious, some people are unfortunate enough to see the front line arrive to their villages, towns, and cities multiple times.
  39. 39 Week 210 - The War is Four Years Old this Week - WW2 - September 3, 1943 Sep 3, 2022 · 16m Four years of war and no real end in sight, but as the week ends the Allies land their first troops on Italy, actively committing themselves to a front in Western Europe. In the USSR the…
  40. 40 Week 211 - The Allies' Latest Victory - WW2 - September 1943 Sep 10, 2022 · 15m Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the secret armistice signed last week, and Italy is now officially out of the war. The Italian Fleet sails for Malta and Allied captivity. The Allies…
  41. 41 Week 212 - Jailbreak! Mussolini on the Loose Again! - WW2 - September 17, 1943 Sep 17, 2022 · 18m
  42. 42 Week 213 - Red Army Reaches the Dnieper - WW2 - September 24, 1943 Sep 24, 2022 · 19m Benito Mussolini proclaims a new fascist republic in Italy, but this time it is a full puppet state to Germany. There is scattered fighting around Italy and the Dodecanese- including a…
  43. 43 Week 214 - Smolensk and Naples Liberated! Both in Ruins - WW2 - October 1, 1943 Oct 1, 2022 · 20m Major prizes are taken by the Allies this week on two fronts- Naples in Italy and Smolensk in the USSR, but they are advancing all over the Eastern Front, across the Italian peninsula, and…
  44. 44 Week 215 - Could the Soviets Cut Off Crimea? - WW2 - October 8, 1943 Oct 8, 2022 · 17m The Germans booby-trapped Naples when they evacuated last week and local civilians now pay the price. In the Mediterranean, Kos falls to the Germans while Corsica is liberated by the…
  45. 45 Week 216 - Zaporizhzhia! - WW2 - October 15, 1943 Oct 15, 2022 · 19m The Allies begin an aerial bombing campaign against the Japanese base at Rabaul. It has big success, though Allied bombing in Europe this week achieves big failure. The Allied advance in…
  46. 46 Week 217 - Stalin Agrees to the United Nations - WW2 - October 22, 1943 Oct 22, 2022 · 17m A Conference in Moscow lays out some postwar plans of the Allies, but the war has to be won first. The Allies fight their way across both the Dnieper and Volturno Rivers, but the going…
  47. 47 Week 218 - Fresh German Armour in the USSR! - WW2 - October 29, 1943 Oct 29, 2022 · 19m Erich von Manstein finally gets the reserve armor he's been begging Hitler for, so he can carry out his counteroffensive in Ukraine. The Soviets are still on the move themselves though. In…
  48. 48 Week 219 - Allies Launch New Phase in Pacific War - WW2 - November 5, 1943 Nov 5, 2022 · 20m The Allies hit the beaches of Bougainville, largest and last of the Solomon Islands. They create and expand a beachhead there and also win battles there at sea and in the skies. In the…
  49. 49 Week 220 - Kiev Liberated! Celebrations in Moscow! - WW2 - November 12, 1943 Nov 12, 2022 · 18m The Red Army has driven the Axis forces out of Kiev, third largest city in the USSR. The Allies are also advancing, albeit slowly and at great cost, in Italy, but in the South Pacific…
  50. 50 Week 221 - A Conspiracy to Kill America's President? - WW2 - November 19, 1943 Nov 19, 2022 · 18m A torpedo attack against the President; a Marine invasion in the central Pacific that turns very bloody in a hurry; German counterattacks in the Soviet Union; a bombing raid in Italy…
  51. 51 Week 222 - The Costliest Day in US Marine History - WW" - November 26, 1943 Nov 26, 2022 · 23m The Americans attack the Gilbert Islands this week, and though they successfully take Tarawa and Makin Atolls, it is VERY costly in lives, and show that the Japanese are not going to be…
  52. 52 Week 223 - Operation Overlord Confirmed at Teheran - WW2 - December 3, 1943 Dec 3, 2022 · 19m The Teheran Conference is in full swing and the Allied leadership and plan for a cross channel invasion of Europe is agreed upon by Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. There are new Allied…
  53. 53 Week 224 - An Amphibious Landing to Take Rome? - WW2 - December 10, 1943 Dec 10, 2022 · 19m There are plans afoot to hit the enemy from behind in Italy. Allied leaders are meeting again in Cairo to go over other plans, notably what to do about China and Burma. There is active…
  54. 54 Week 225 - A Super Bomber to Break Japan - WW2 - December 17, 1943 Dec 17, 2022 · 19m This war has now lasted as long as the Great War did, but there's no signs of it slowing. The Soviets have three offensives going on on the Eastern Front, in Italy the Allies are attacking…
  55. 55 Week 226 - Stalin's Christmas Surprise - Major Offensive to Come - WW2 - December 24, 1943 Dec 24, 2022 · 20m Twas the night before Christmas and the war was grinding on. The Moro River Campaign continues in Italy with Canadian infantry pushing past the Gully and into 'Little Stalingrad'…
  56. 56 Week 227 - Canadians Take Little Stalingrad - WW2 - December 31, 1943 Dec 31, 2022 · 18m 1943 reaches its end with no end in sight for the war. In Italy, the Canadians take Ortona after bloody close fighting, the US Marines advance on New Britain, and a new Soviet offensive…