With the end of the war in sight, Okinawa becomes a bloody obstacle to victory for the Allies; a single gunshot ends the Third Reich; America delivers the final blow to Japan and the world celebrates the defeat of the Axis Powers.

Rockie Blunt barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans push the Allies to the brink; Japanese forces make a last stand on Okinawa; Adolf Hitler gets an ultimatum.

U.S. Marines launch an assault on Iwo Jima; pilot Bert Stiles engages a German fighter; Allied reinforcements arrive in Europe.

American forces storm the Philippines; Shelby Westbrook is shot down over Europe; Jack Yusen's ship is sunk.

U.S. Marines battle for Peleliu in the Pacific; the Allies race toward Germany.

The Allies get bogged down in Normandy's hedgerows after D-Day; victory turns to horror on Saipan in the Pacific.

The Allies lay plans for the invasion of France; Bert Stiles and the 8th Air Force try to win air supremacy over Normandy as D-Day arrives.

U.S. Marines assault Japanese-held Tarawa in the Pacific; the fighting in Italy claims a casualty.

Charles Scheffel battles German forces in North Africa; Jack Werner faces bitter combat against the Japanese in the Pacific.

As Europe fell under the sway of Nazi Germany, America was unprepared to join the war and was devastated by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. North Africa and Guadalcanal were the first bloody battlegrounds.