World War Two: Season 06
The sixth season of the television series World War Two focuses on the events of the year 1944. As part of a documentary series created by Indy Neidell, the production continues to follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, and blow by blow. The series is categorized under documentary, war, and politics, and is part of a multi-season run that spans nine seasons and hundreds of episodes
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series follows the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, and blow by blow.
- The documentary and war and politics series is created by Indy Neidell.
- The production spans multiple seasons and hundreds of episodes covering the timeline of the global conflict.
- Prior seasons establish the chronological, week-by-week progression leading up to the events of 1944 featured in season six.
Season overview
The sixth season of the television series World War Two focuses on the events of the year 1944. As part of a documentary series created by Indy Neidell, the production continues to follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, and blow by blow. The series is categorized under documentary, war, and politics, and is part of a multi-season run that spans nine seasons and hundreds of episodes from 2018 through 2026. The narrative arc for this specific season centers entirely on the historical developments and military actions occurring during the year 1944, maintaining the chronological, real-time approach established in earlier seasons of the program.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Week 228 - "Russians 27 Miles from Poland" - WW2 - January 7, 1944
Jan 7, 2023 · 17 min
That's what the headlines say as the Red Army continues its advance in Ukraine. There are also plans afoot for a northern offensive to end the siege of Leningrad. There are also pl
Week 229 - Time to Liberate Leningrad! - January 14, 1944
Jan 14, 2023 · 18 min
Three Soviet Fronts launch major offensives to try and finally free Leningrad, under siege for nearly two and a half years now. The Soviets are, in fact, making attacks along most
Week 230 - Monte Cassino, the Battle Begins - WW2 - January 21, 1944
Jan 21, 2023 · 18 min
The Allies have reached the linchpin of the German defenses in Italy, but a first attack proves disastrous. It does, though, divert troops from where they soon plan to make landing
Week 231 - Anzio Begins - Allies Already Pinned Down - WW2 - January 28, 1944
Jan 28, 2023 · 19 min
Some big news is the Allies amphibious offensive to hit the Germans behind their lines at Anzio in Italy, some other big news is that after nearly two and a half years, the Soviets
Week 232 - Leningrad: NO STEP BACK! - WW2 - February 4, 1944
Feb 4, 2023 · 21 min
The Allies begin a new operation in the Pacific this week: assaulting the Marshall Islands. They also make big attacks from their beachhead in Italy at Anzio, but these are called
Week 233 - German Desperation in Korsun Pocket - February 11, 1944
Feb 11, 2023 · 20 min
It is crisis mode in the Korsun Pocket this week for the Axis troops surrounded, but they are also losing ground all over the Eastern Front this week, including the big prize of Ni
Week 234 - The Destruction of Mote Cassino - WW2 - February 18, 1944
Feb 18, 2023 · 21 min
The Allies bomb the monastery atop Monte Cassino in Italy, but just to the Northwest it's the Germans attacking them at Anzio this week. In the Soviet Union, the Axis break out of
Week 235 - Tojo Takes Control - WW2 - February 25, 1944
Feb 25, 2023 · 21 min
Now that the Americans have seized the Marshall Islands, they can bypass the Japanese base at Truk. This impels Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to shake up both army and navy command, a
Week 236 - MacArthur and Nimitz Go Head-to-Head - WW" - March 4, 1944
Mar 4, 2023 · 18 min
The American attacks against the Admiralty Islands are successful, but this causes real tensions between Commanders Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz. Much of this week is taken
Week 237 - Zhukov Hits the Ground Running - WW2 - Marc 11, 1944
Mar 11, 2023 · 22 min
The Soviets launch not one, not two, but three offensives in Ukraine this week, designed to destroy the entire southern wing of the German forces. The Japanese counterattack agains
Week 238 - The Japanese Invade India! - WW2 - March 18, 1944
Mar 18, 2023 · 20 min
Operation U-Go, Renya Mutaguchi's invasion of India, is in full swing this week, as his men aim at Imphal and Kohima; three Soviets Fronts batter their way through the Axis positio
Week 239 - Germany Invades Hungary - WW2 - March 25, 1944
Mar 25, 2023 · 20 min
Germany occupies Hungary this week to prevent any possible Hungarian defection from the war, the Soviets continue pushing back the Axis in Ukraine, pressing them ever more toward R
Week 240 - Goodbye Manstein... Hello Model - WW" - April 1, 1944
Apr 1, 2023 · 21 min
As the Allies prepare to close in on Germany from all fronts, a shake up of the German military leadership can only achieve so much...
Week 241 - New Offensive in the Crimea - WW2 - April 8, 1944
Apr 8, 2023 · 22 min
The Soviets are finally going to try and push the Axis out of Sevastopol and the Crimea. They also continue to drive the Axis back in Transnistria. Over in Burma and Northeastern I
Week 242 - 4,000 German Teens Trapped in Tarnopol - WW2 - April 15, 1944
Apr 15, 2023 · 22 min
Thousands of German soldiers, mostly new teenage recruits, are obeying Hitler's 'Fortress Directive' and are surrounded in Tarnopol; it does not go well for them. German forces in
Week 243 - The Biggest Offensive in Japanese History - WW2 - April 22, 1944
Apr 22, 2023 · 19 min
Japan Launches Operation Ichigo in China, their largest offensive of the war... or ever, but over in India things are not going well for the Japanese at Imphal and Kohima. The Alli
Week 244 - Germany's Existential Crisis - WW2 - April 29, 1944
Apr 29, 2023 · 22 min
The fighting at Kohima is up close, personal, and vicious, as it is at Imphal. The Allies consolidate their gains at Hollandia, the Japanese are advancing in Central China, and it
Week 245 - Total Chaos on the Chinese Front! - WW2 - May6, 1944
May 6, 2023 · 21 min
A command crisis in the Chinese Nationalist Army benefits the Japanese invaders, in Italy, Mark Clark spends his birthday planning new offensives, the Japanese are pushing for Imph
Week 246 - Victory at Sevastopol! - WW2 - May 13, 1944
May 13, 2023 · 22 min
The Soviets push the Axis out of the Crimea this week once and for all. In Italy, the Allies launch a major offensive, and the French make a breakthrough there by week's end. In C
Week 247 - The Fall of Monte Cassino - WW2 - May 20, 1944
May 20, 2023 · 21 min
In Italy, the Allies finally overcome Monte Cassino and break through the Gustav Line; in Burma Merrill's Marauders surprise the Japanese and take Myitkyina Airfield; in China, it'
Week 248 - Breakout from Anzio! - WW2 - May 27, 1944
May 27, 2023 · 19 min
After four month, the Allies breakout from their bridgehead at Anzio and meet with the advancing troops heading north after the fall of Monte Cassino last week. The Japanese begin
Week 249 - The Allies are Driving for Rome - WW2 - June 3, 1944
Jun 4, 2023 · 22 min
The Allies head north in Italy after the fall of Monte Cassino last week; the Japanese head south in China in a new phase of their offensive; and the Soviets and the Western Allies
Week 250 - The Invasion of Normandy Begins! - WW2 - June 10, 1944
Jun 10, 2023 · 24 min
The Allies' gigantic, amphibious invasion of France begins and by the end of the week they've carved out a decent sized beachhead. Meanwhile in Italy the Allied advance takes Rome.
Week 251 - Titanic Clash Looms in Pacific - WW2 - June 17, 1944
Jun 17, 2023 · 22 min
Japanese and American navies are heading for a showdown in the Philippine Sea, even as American forces land on Saipan in the Marianas in force. The Japanese have Changsha under sie
Week 252 - The Greatest Pincer Movement in Military History - WW2 - June 24, 1944
Jun 24, 2023 · 24 min
The Red Army surges forward in Operation Bagration, a mighty new offensive to destroy German Army Group Centre. Fighting continues in Normandy, Italy, and Finland. The United State
Week 253 - Allies Liberate Cherbourg - WW2 - July 1, 1944
Jul 1, 2023 · 25 min
Several weeks after the invasion of Normandy began, the Allies finally take a port city there, though the actual harbor has been destroyed. On Saipan the Americans have the advant
Week 254 - The Destruction of Army Group Centre - WW2 - July 8, 1944
Jul 8, 2023 · 24 min
Operation Bagration continues, smashing the armies of German Army Group Center and taking ever more territory including the prize of Minsk; on Saipan the Americans have taken most
Week 255 - Mass Suicide on Saipan - WW2 - July15, 1944
Jul 15, 2023 · 21 min
Japanese troops and civilians commit mass suicide rather than surrender to the Americans in the Marianas; in Normandy, Caen has finally fallen to the Allies though the fight for St
Week 256 - Sayonara Tojo - WW2 - July 22, 1944
Jul 22, 2023 · 24 min
This week, Adolf Hitler is blown up and Hideki Tojo steps down. In the Pacific, the Americans land on Guam and prepare for hard fighting. In France, the Americans take Saint-Lô and
Week 257 - Bradley Unleashes His Cobra - WW2 - July 29, 1944
Jul 29, 2023 · 23 min
Operation Cobra is the drop that finally opens the floodgates and the Allies make a breakthrough in Normandy; up in the Baltics the Soviets take Shaulyai, Dvinsk, and finally Narva
Week 258 - The Warsaw Uprising Begins! - WW2 - August 5, 1944
Aug 5, 2023 · 25 min
As the Red Army closes in on Warsaw, the Polish Home Army in the city rises up against the German forces. Up in the north the Red Army takes Kaunas. The Allies take Florence in Ita
Week 259 - Panzer Revenge in Normandy - WW2 - August 12, 1944
Aug 12, 2023 · 26 min
The Germans launch a counter attack to sabotage the Allied positions in France. In the Baltics the Soviet advances grind to a halt, but the Soviets are busy making plans to invade
Week 260 - Hitler Has A Bad Day - WW2 August 19, 1944
Aug 19, 2023 · 24 min
This week the Allies invade Southern France, and do so very successfully. They're also successful in the north, closing the Falaise gap and trapping huge numbers of Germans. In the
Week 261 - The Liberation of Paris - WW2 - August 26, 1944
Aug 26, 2023 · 25 min
Paris is liberated by the Allies, a symbolic act that causes the world to rejoice. Something far more important to the course of the war, though, happens this week in Romania. The
Week 262 - The War is Five Years Old - WW2 - September 2, 1944
Sep 2, 2023 · 23 min
Five years of war and no real end in sight, though the Allies sure seem to have the upper hand at the moment. Romania is coming under the Soviet thumb and Red Army troops are at Bu
Week 263 - Bulgaria at War with Everyone - September 9, 1944
Sep 9, 2023 · 25 min
This week the USSR invades Bulgaria... who've also declared war on Germany, and who are still at war with the US and Britain, so Bulgaria is briefly technically at war with all fou
Week 264 - The Ballad of Chiang and Vinegar Joe - WW2 - September 16, 1944
Sep 16, 2023 · 25 min
The Japanese attacks in Guangxi worry Joe Stilwell enough that he gets FDR to issue an ultimatum to Chiang Kai-Shek, in France the Allied invasion forces that hit the north and sou
Week 265 - Operation Market Garden Begins - WW2 - September 23, 1944
Sep 23, 2023 · 26 min
Monty's Operation(s) Market Garden, to drop men deep in the German rear in the Netherlands and secure a series of bridges, begins this week, but has serious trouble. In Italy the
Week 266 - The End of Market Garden - WW2 - September 30, 1944
Sep 30, 2023 · 26 min
This week, Operation Market Garden comes to its unsuccessful conclusion, but there's a lot more going on- the Soviets launch an offensive in the Estonian Archipelago, the Warsaw Up
Week 267 - The End of the Warsaw Uprising - WW2 - October 7, 1944
Oct 7, 2023 · 28 min
The Warsaw Uprising comes to its conclusion, a tragic one for the Poles. In the field in Europe, there are Allied attacks toward Aachen, Bologna, and Debrecen, while in China the
Week 268 - The Isolation of Army Group North - WW2 - October 14, 1944
Oct 14, 2023 · 26 min
Churchill and Stalin meet at the Moscow Conference and talk about future 'spheres of influence' in the Balkans. They also make plans for the future of Poland. In the field the Sovi
Week 269 - SS Commando Coup in Hungary - WW2 - October 21, 1944
Oct 21, 2023 · 26 min
The Germans engineer a coup in Hungary to keep the Hungarian army in the war, but the Allies have finally entered Germany in force, taking Aachen in the west. The Soviets liberate
Week 270 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf - WW2 - October 28, 1944
Oct 28, 2023 · 27 min
This is it - the big showdown between US and Japanese Navies, and the largest naval battle ever fought in terms of total tonnage. American landings on Leyte itself are still in pro
Week 271 - Stalin says, "Bring me Budapest!" - WW2 - November 4, 1944
Nov 4, 2023 · 24 min
Josef Stalin wants Rodion Malinovsky to attack Budapest without delay, but this might cause problems for the Soviets. In the west, the Canadians fight to clear Antwerp port while
Week 272 - The Futile Fight in Hurtgen Forest - WW2 - November 11, 1944
Nov 11, 2023 · 26 min
The struggle for Hurtgen forest, one tiny piece at a time, continues. The Allies have, however, secured Walcheren Island, and also launch Operation Queen to try and reach and cross
Week 273 - How Himmler Learned to Love the Russians - WW2 - November 18, 1944
Nov 18, 2023 · 27 min
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 he's in hot water with Chian
Week 274 - General Patton's Metz Obsession - WW2 - November 25, 1944
Nov 25, 2023 · 24 min
Metz finally falls to Patton's 3rd Army, but boy, it's taken some time. To the south, the Allies also take Belfort and Strasbourg, and to the north Operation Queen continues tryin
Week 275 - Was Hurtgen Forest Worth It? - WW2 - December 2, 1944
Dec 2, 2023 · 24 min
The bulk of the fight for Hürtgen Forest is now over, and today we look at the results. We also look at Soviet plans for their January offensive. In the field this week, the Red Ar
Week 276 - Can the Americans Stop the Kamikazes? - WW2 - December 9, 1944
Dec 9, 2023 · 26 min
This is a very busy week of the war. In the west, the Americans manage to reach the Roer River in force, but haven't taken any of its dams; in Italy, the Allies liberate Ravenna; t
Week 277 - The Battle of the Bulge Begins - WW2 - December 16, 1944
Dec 16, 2023 · 27 min
Adolf Hitler's Ardennes counteroffensive finally goes off this week, and it does indeed catch the Allies by surprise, and they suspend other offensive operations in the west. They
Week 278 - The Siege of Bastogne Begins - WW2 - December 23, 1944
Dec 23, 2023 · 30 min
The German Ardennes Offensive, called by the Allies the Battle of the Bulge, is in full swing in Luxembourg and Belgium this week, and the Germans have the key junction town of Bas
Week 279 - Budapest Under Siege - WW2 - December 30, 1944
Dec 30, 2023 · 27 min
In the west, the Allies break the siege of Bastogne, but the fight for the Ardennes continues. and British Commander Bernard Montgomery is maneuvering to take command of the Weste