The Axis advance into the Caucasus is going great... except the oil towns they take have no oil, and wasnt that the whole purpose? Meanwhile in the Pacific, the US Navy is suffering perhaps its greatest defeat ever off Savo Island, even as the Marines take Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo.

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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, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Edited by: Lucas Aimó
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Daniel Weiss and Mikolaj Uchman

Source literature list:
John Costello, The Pacific War
Richard B. Frank, Tower of Skulls
Gerhard Weinberg, A World at Arms
Robert Forczyk, The Caucasus 1942-43
David Glatz, To the Gates of Stalingrad
Martin Gilbert, The Second World War

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

Image sources:
IWM
USHMM
Bundesarchiv
Wikipedia Commons

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
Trapped in a Maze - Philips Ayers
Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen
Break Free - Fabien Tell
Warning Signal - Max Anson
Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
I Am Unbreakable - Niklas Johansson

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