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Part 5: Japan Surrenders

Part 5: Japan Surrenders

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August 1945: The surrender of Japan is announced days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. WWII veterans begin the long road home.

Guests include historian Richard Frank, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and historian John McManus.

Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson reads an excerpt from Hiroshima by John Hersey.

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