The American attacks against the Admiralty Islands are successful, but this causes real tensions between Commanders Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz. Much of this week is taken up by planning and meetings on both sides, actually- Adolf Hitler plans the occupation of Hungary, Josef Stalin plans new offensives in Ukraine, and the Allies plan to reconfigure their whole front in Italy. Its all the prelude to an explosion of action.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Ian Sowden
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
Carlos Ortega Pereira, BlauColorizations, https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22155693@N04/
Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/
Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), https://instagram.com/artistic.man?igshidk4l2ushhbwk5
Election1960 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlbertKesselringColor.png

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

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

Image sources:
RIA Novosti, image _606710
Bundesarchiv
IWM NA 10630, S15 42
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Philip Ayers - The Unexplored
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Fabien Tell - Weapon of Choice
Fabien Tell - Break Free
Brightarm Orchestra - On the Edge of Change
Cobby Costa - Missing the Subtext
Craft Case - Secret Cargo
Alec Slayne - Conspiracy Inc.

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.