The Atomic Bomb Changes the Course of the War

When conventional tactics fail, governments have been known to test the boundaries of reality. During the darkest days of World War II, Britain turned to an astrologer who claimed he could alter the course of the war using the power of the stars.

The end of the Second World War and the dawn of the nuclear age saw its two great victors go from allies to adversaries.

The Pacific campaign reaches a brutal and bloody fever pitch from 1944 to 1945. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 17, "No Surrender."

The war in Europe reaches a climax as Allied armies advance towards Berlin, and Hitler orders his people to fight to the last man. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 18, "Last Days of the Reich."