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Week 255 - Mass Suicide on Saipan - WW2 - July 15, 1944

Japanese troops and civilians commit mass suicide rather than surrender to the Americans in the Marianas; in Normandy, Caen has finally fallen to the Allies though the fight for St. Lo is not over; the Soviet offensives in the north take Vilnius and the fighting continues up in Finland, but the big eastern front news is the mighty new Soviet offensive in Western Ukraine. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Editing and color by: Simon J. James Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J06632,_Sepp_Dietrich Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-096-08,_Heinrich_Eberbach Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-079-02, Führerhauptquartier, Stauffenberg, Hitler, Keitel FDR_1944_Color_Portrait Leo Perskie FDR Presidential Library & Museum - CT 09-109(1) Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: ES_Deflection - Reynard Seidel ES_Firework Mortar 9 - SFX Producer ES_March Of The Brave 9 - Rannar Sillard ES_On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra ES_Rush of Blood - Reynard Seidel ES_Secret Cargo - Craft Case ES_Split Decision - Rannar Sillard ES_Success or Death - Ruiqi Zhao ES_Super Hero - Bonnie Grace ES_The Merchant's Prayer - Lama House ES_The Thin Line - Hampus Naeselius A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.