Heinrich Himmler wants to build an Army of Soviet POWs, but that has some problems; Patrick Hurley becomes US Ambassador to China, but even before that hes in hot water with Chiang Kai-Shek; and in the field in the west, the Allies launch Operation Queen to try to cross the Roer River and reach the Rhine.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
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Artwork by: Mikołaj Uchman
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01:29 Heinrich Himmler and Andrey Vlasov
07:46 Plans for Operation Queen
12:25 Operation Queen Begins
16:31 Allied advances in Italy
17:13 The fighting on Leyte
18:22 Patrick Hurley, Mao Zedong, and Chiang Kai-Shek
23:30 Notes from all over
24:15 Summary
24:34 Conclusion

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

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
A Far Cry - Flouw
Byrr - Hampus Naeselius
Last Breath of Freedom - Bonnie Grace
Marching On - Jon Bjork
Medieval Adventure - Bonnie Grace
Sciophobia - Jo Wandrini
To War! - Jo Wandrini

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