The US government realizes that it cannot send help to relieve the US and Filipino forces in the Philippines, but it does not tell those forces. Meanwhile in the USSR, a huge Red Army offensive against entrenched German forces begins along the entire frontline. The Germans have pulled back in North Africa, though, to consolidate. The Japanese enter Manila and advance in Malaya, but are forced to withdraw in China.

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Sound design: Marek Kamiński
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Music from Epidemic Sound:
- Easy Target - Rannar Sillard
- Deflection - Reynard Seidel
- Growing Doubt - Wendel Scherer
- Secret Cargo - Craft Case
- Trapped in a Maze - Philip Ayers
- Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen
- Underlying Truth - Howard Harper-Barnes
- Spellbound - Edward Karl Hanson
- On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra
- Split Decision - Rannar Sillard
- Out the Window - Wendel Scherer

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A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.