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After the Japanese attack in the Pacific, America prepares for war. The most incredible industrial transformation in history turns America into an unrivaled military power as American men and women go to work and war to keep our nation free.
The clouds of war again cover the earth. Despite efforts to stay neutral, a dastardly sneak attack shatters the American dream of peace, forcing the United States into World War II and the world-wide struggle for freedom against tyranny.
An industrial transformation changes America
The Japanese war machine; the US Navy stands tall; American victories at Midway and Gaudacanal
German U-Boats an spies destroy
Japanese born American citizens in camps.
The United States is once again ensnarled in a world war. Generals Marshall, Eisenhower, and Patton lead American victories in North Africa and Sicily and General Mark Clark leads the invasion of Italy taking the war to Hitler's doorstep.
D-Day, the Great Invasion, the Longest Day--call it what you will, but the Allied invasion of France on the beaches of Normandy was, as General Eisenhower said, the hour of America's "Great Crusade."
Facing fierce resistance, Americans take the war to the Japanese. Allied Forces 'island hop' across the South Pacific, and General Douglas...
In Europe, Allied successes in the summer of '44 are followed by big trouble in the fall. A series of military setbacks lead to a massive German winter Counter Offensive, the Battle of the Bulge--Hitler's last gasp effort to win the war.
The war in the Pacific rages on, but the price in lives is going up. Will the Strategic Bombing Campaign force a Japanese surrender, or will US troops be called upon to invade the Japanese homeland to stop the carnage?
August 1945--the world is changed forever as the beginning of the Atomic age ends the war. The horrors of the Holocaust are uncovered, and the heroes who fought for freedom come home.
