This series has been fully up-rezzed to HD, re-voiced, new editing to sort errors discovered and re-balanced to have fewer recaps for binge watchers rather than 24 weeks of serial TV.
While the Russians moved towards Germany from the East, and the Western allies attacked from the opposite direction, the Japanese continued their battle in the Pacific, fighting American Marines to the death on the island of Iwo Jima.
As the endgame came into sight, there were desperate measures taken by both sides, and the casualties kept on rising.