This week the Battle of Iwo Jima begins and American forces raise the Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi. Elsewhere, the Allies fight the stiff Japanese defences in Manila. The Red Army continues fighting through East Prussia and Pomerania as Stalin plans the next stage of the advance on the Reich. There are Allied advances in Western Europe and Italy too.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Ian Sowden
Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Daniel Weiss
Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/
Klimbim https://klimbim2020.wordpress.com/
Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), https://instagram.com/artistic.man?ig...

Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
IWM SE 3163, IND 3595, SE 3251
mil.ru
Bundesarchiv

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Joe Wandrini - Dragon King
Dream Cave - Blood in Water
Philip Ayers - The Unexplored
Dream Cave - The Beast
Edward Karl Hanson - Spellbound
Hakan Eriksson - Epic Adventure Theme 4
Fabiel Tell - Weapon of Choice
Jon Bjork - Shrouded in Conspiracy
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Joe Wandrini - To War!
Alec Slayne - Conspiracy Inc.
Phoenix Tail - At the Front

0:01 Intro
0:54 Recap
1:16 Iwo Jima Begins
6:32 The war in the Philippines
7:56 The Battle of Manila
11:12 Fighting in Burma
12:14 Operation Grenade
13:46 Operation Encore
14:38 Soviet plans for new offensives
21:28 Moscow Commission Meets

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.