The Allies begin an aerial bombing campaign against the Japanese base at Rabaul. It has big success, though Allied bombing in Europe this week achieves big failure. The Allied advance in Italy is slowing down to a crawl, but in the USSR the advance across the Dnieper continues, specifically at the Zaporozhe bridgehead.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
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Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/
Adrien Fillon - https://www.instagram.com/adrien.colorisation
Carlos Ortega Pereira, BlauColorizations, https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/
Daniel Weiss

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
IWM WPN 284, WPN 282, NA 7746
mil.ru
Bundesarchiv

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Philip Ayers - The Unexplored
Max Anson _ Darkness Closing In
Fabien Tell - Weapon of Choice
Jon Bjork - Force Matrix
Brightarm Orchestra - On the Edge of Change
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Rannar Sillard - March Of The Brave 4
Max Anson - Maze Heist

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.