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WWII, episode 12: The Final Push to Allied Victory
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- The Blue Collar Scholar
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- Apr 26, 2026
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- 5926
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Summary
As the Second World War approached the final year, Allied victory became inevitable. But that did not mean that the war was over. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan fought fiercely, making the Allies earn every island, every mile, every air strip, every bridge, etc. Yet, by the end of Spring 1945, the war in Europe came to an end with a smashing Allied victory. The war against Japan raged on through the summer, but on the eve of America's use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Allied victory over Japan was a foregone conclusion. But how long it would take to secure victory, and just how victory was going to be secured, those were open questions.