S1E8: Hope of a Lasting Peace: 1944-1949
The World War: 1914 - 1945
20 Dec 202248 minTV-14
Contains Violence.
After victory in North Africa, the invasion of Italy began. Hitler was living the nightmare of a two-front war in Russia, and he was losing. He was not alive to see the surrender of his nation. The devastating nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced the Japanese to surrender. The war was over. But if the World Wars were one prolonged conflict, could its aftermath create a lasting peace?