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Borderlands examines the island’s role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created. Then Sicily’s role in the unification of Italy led to the coming of the mafia. Part 2 of 2.
Two years after Japan’s audacious attack on Pearl Harbor, America’s great war machine now has them on the back foot. The US Navy devise a way to end the war - taking a series of island groups, from where they can directly strike Japan’s home islands. Part 10 of 10.
From breaking codes to breaking news, women helped win WWII. We dig deeper into the archives with rare archival footage and powerful interviews that bring their legacy to life in Women of World War II: More Untold Stories.
November 1943 to February 1944. In November, the US marines take the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa, but at a terrible cost. Back home, Japanese-Americans are permitted to form a special segregated infantry unit and begin to train for combat. As the war economy booms, ugly racial violence erupts in cities across the country. Overseas, in the mountains south of Rome, the allies try to fight their way around the edges of Monte Cassino, but are stopped cold. A series by Ken Burns. Part 5 of 14.
Maiya May explores heat in Portland, Oregon, and Medellín, Colombia, a city that is leading the revolution against sweltering city temperatures. Then she visits the hottest city in the US, Phoenix, Arizona. Part 3 of 6.