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Season 1, Episode 20

July 1-July 7: Victory in the Phillippines

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Air Date: 2005-07-01

Overview: 33,000 Australian troops land in the Great Sundra Islands and win control of Asia's richest oil regions. In Manila, General Douglas MacArthur declares the Philippines free from Japanese occupation. In Berlin, the first U.S. occupation troops arrive as Allied forces hold a victory parade. But another hero of the war suffers a crushing defeat when Churchill loses the General Election. This episode also features a profile of "Old Leather Face" and the campaign against the Japanese in China.

Runtime: 41 minutes

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Cast

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Greg Stebner

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Max Hastings

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Kerry Smith

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Gregory J.W. Urwin

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William Atwater

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Alan Brinkley

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Omer Bartov

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Donald Dencker

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Richard Rhodes

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James Sheehan