In August 1945, Japan signals its official surrender, setting off an urgent mission to find the highest-ranking American prisoner of war along with thousands of other POWs.

By spring of 1945, Allied forces are closing in on Nazi Germany. In this episode, we explore a secret operation to convince one of Hitler’s last armies to surrender.

Amsterdam | Nijmegen | Wesel | Cologne | Bonn | Mainz | Heidelberg | Strasbourg

In the Pacific theater, the Allies take Iwo Jima, where Navajo Code Talkers play an integral part in this success. Meanwhile, Allied commandoes and guerilla fighters in the Philippines launch a daring raid to free prisoners of war before it might be too late.  

By December 1944, troops are fighting through the Ardennes Forest in the Battle of the Bulge, where Allied and Axis forces both employ deception tactics in efforts to change the course of the campaign—and the war.