This episode covers February 5-10, 1940: the Allies plan to occupy Norway’s ports to cut off German iron ore, while the Soviet assault on Finland’s Mannerheim Line intensifies with up to 400 shells per minute. Łódź Ghetto is established, Blaskowitz’s SS atrocity complaints are sidelined, a double agent dismantles German espionage in America, Roosevelt publicly defends Finland, and Manstein’s transfer leads to Hitler embracing his invasion plan.

This episode covers January 28–February 4, 1940, when the Winter War shifts from Finnish resilience to Soviet attrition. Daladier defends liberty, Hitler vows victory despite Germany's fragile economy, and the Soviets hint at peace talks. Personal stories include a Norwegian boy's birthday aboard a U-boat, the first German plane shot down in England, Meyerhold's execution, Prague's stations renamed to erase Czech identity, and Frank Sinatra's debut recordings.

This episode covers January 21-27, 1940: HMS Exmouth lost with all hands, British-Japanese naval tensions, the Enigma code breakthrough at Bletchley Park, French army stagnation, Charles de Gaulle’s ignored warnings, pivotal Nazi decisions on Auschwitz and the Final Solution, Krivitsky’s missed exposure of Kim Philby, South Africa narrowly staying in the war, and Churchill’s urgent call for action as WWII intensifies.