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Week 286 - German Counterattack in Pomerania - WW2 - February 17, 1945
The Germans finally launch a counterattack into the Soviet flanks, but it does not go as well as was as hoped: The Siege of Budapest comes to an end, also not well for the Germans. The Soviets have now also surrounded Breslau. In Burma, the Allies cross the Irrawaddy River, in the Philippines the fight for Manila continues, and in the Pacific preparations are underway for an American invasion of Iwo Jima Island.
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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)