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Week 290 - Smiling Albert Takes Command - WW2 - March 16, 1945
After the Allies took a Rhine Bridge last week, Adolf Hitler has again shuffled his commanders, moving Kesselring to the west. Meanwhile, the German offensive in Hungary comes to its end- and it does not end well for the Germans. The Japanese are nearly defeated Iwo Jima, are feeling a bit of desperation in Burma, but are far, far from defeated on Luzon.
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Other episodes for this season
![Week 280 - 1945 Begins! - January 6, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 281 - Soviet and American Massive Attacks - WW2 - January 13, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 282 - The Red Army Overruns Poland! - WW2 - January 20, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 283 - Himmler Takes Command - WW2 - January 27, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 284 - Is the Red Army too Fast for It's Own Good - WW2 - February 3, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 285 - The Battle of Manila Begins - WW2 - February 10, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 286 - German Counterattack in Pomerania - WW2 - February 17, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 287 - Iwo Jima! - WW2 - February 24, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 288 - Allied Deception Surrounds Japanese in Burma - WW2 - March 02, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 289 - German Blunder Hands Allies a Rhine Crossing - WW2 - March 09, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 290 - Smiling Albert Takes Command - WW2 - March 16, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 291 - Chiang versus Mountbatten - WW2 - March 23, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 292 - Allies Charge Forward from the Rhine! - WW2 - March 30, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 293 - The Battle of Okinawa Begins - WW2 - April 06, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 294 - Soviets Take Vienna and Königsberg - WW2 - April 13, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 294B - Soviet Berlin Offensive Begins - WW2 - April 16, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 295 - 300,000 Germans Surrender in the Ruhr - WW2 - April 20, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 296 - The Battle of Berlin! - WW2 - April 27, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 296B - The Death of Adolf Hitler - WW2 - April 30, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 297 - Allied Victory in Berlin, Italy, and Burma! - WW2 - May 4, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![297B - Germans and Americans fighting side by side! - WW2 - May 5, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 298 - Germany Surrenders! - WW2 - May 11, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 299 - Kamikazes versus Admirals! - WW2 - May 18, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 300 - The Last Battles in Europe - WW2 - May 25, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 301 - Japan vows to fight to the end! - WW2 - June 1, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 302 - Operation Downfall: 2 Million Men to Invade Japan - WW2 - June 8, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 303 - - WW2 - June 15, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 304 - - WW2 - June 22, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)
![Week 305 - - WW2 - June 29, 1945](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfWbyhujRsX6B0AcQE0f3QtUhxk.jpg)