The Last Days of World War II

June 10-June 16: Closer to Victory

S1 E17    Jun 9, 2005    41m
On Okinawa, a U.S. victory is now in sight, while in the Philippines, the Japanese are holed up in the Sierra Madre Mountains. In Germany, Marshal Zhukov confers the Soviet Order of Victory - made of diamond-encrusted platinum - on Eisenhower and Montgomery. Eisenhower is also awarded the Order of Merit--Britain's most prestigious honor--and the Freedom of the City of London. After Churchill warns of the "Iron Curtain" falling over Europe and Truman fails to reconsider the tripartite division of Germany, Soviet authorities start the forcible expulsion of ethnic Germans from the Sudetanland.
Where to Watch June 10-June 16: Closer to Victory
Cast of June 10-June 16: Closer to Victory
  • Greg StebnerNarrator
  • Max HastingsSelf - Author, 'Armageddon'
  • Kerry SmithSelf - Professor, Brown University
  • Gregory J.W. UrwinSelfSelf - Professor, Temple University
  • William AtwaterSelf - Curator, US Army Ordnance Museum
  • Alan BrinkleySelf - Professor, Columbia University
  • Omer BartovSelf - Professor, Brown University
  • Donald DenckerSelf - WWII Veteran, Pacific
  • Richard RhodesSelf - Author, 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'
  • James SheehanSelf - Professor, Stanford University
 
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