January to March 1945: In a period marked by intense military campaigns and high-stakes diplomatic efforts, significant questions emerge over how World War II will end.

Hosts Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller speak with historian Richard Frank, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and historian Rebecca Erbelding.

Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise reads an excerpt from With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge.