World War Two

Season 7, Episode 14

Episode Title: Week 293 - The Battle of Okinawa Begins - WW2 - April 06, 1945

Air Date: 2024-04-06

Overview:

It's the next step toward invading Japan's Home Islands- invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the kamikaze menace is in full swing. In Burma, plans are made to liberate Rangoon; in the west hundreds of thousands of Germans are surrounded in the Ruhr; and in the east, the Soviets begin assaults on Königsberg and Vienna.