Seventy years after WWII, archaeologists and historians unearth the final, harrowing remnants of the Pacific War. From the brutal cave battles and kamikaze wrecks of Okinawa to the terrifying Ground Zeroes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, new physical evidence and survivor testimonies reveal the true human cost of 1945. Explore how sunken warships, hidden underground bunkers, and radioactive relics tell the story of Imperial Japan’s final months and the birth of the Atomic Age.
0:00 The legacy of the war
2:08 Road to Okinawa
5:16 The bunker of Naha
8:09 The battle of the islands
13:27 Witnesses of the trauma
17:53 Indoctrination and loss
21:10 The kamikaze campaign
27:17 Civilian suicide and surrender
31:57 The atomic ultimatum
35:10 Destruction of Hiroshima
39:18 Reconstructing the history
48:09 Radiation and research
53:08 The end of the conflict
1:04:10 A nation transformed
