Australian forces land at Balikpapan to hopefully secure the oil facilities there; In Burma, the Japanese try a diversion to allow some troops to escape the country, but the timing is not what it should be; in the Philippines there is an American landing on Mindanao, but behind the scenes there are those wondering if they really need to push Japan for complete unconditional surrender.
00:00 INTRO
00:31 RECAP
00:55 LANDINGS ON BALIKPAPAN
03:23 A DIVERSION IN BURMA
06:10 LUZON AND MINDANAO
07:39 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER?
11:18 POLLS AND POLLING NUMBERS
15:25 NOTES
15:48 CONCLUSION
16:56 US ARMY’S 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION MEMORIAL
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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
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Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
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Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
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