D-DAY TO VE-DAY
DISC ONE - FROM D-DAY TO PARIS
'Operation Overlord', the greatest invasion by sea and air in history, grows before your eyes from its original force of 130,000 to more than half a million men along with thousands of tanks and planes. Here's what you will see: The actual landings on D-Day in Normandy - Reinforcements, first prisoners and captured towns cleared - The liberation of Cherbourg by American forces and of Caen by British and Canadian soldiers - German counterattacks and the V1 Flying Bomb - The miraculous Mulberry Harbour - British and Canadian forces in the Orne Basin - The Free French forces in operation - News from the other European fronts: Russia, Italy and the South of France - The American assault on St Lo, Avranches and Rennes, then on to Angers and Nantes - The liberation of Paris - Resistance street fighting, De Gaulle's re-entry into Paris and the sniper attack on him during the celebrations.
DISC TWO - FROM PARIS TO THE RHINE
The celebrations in newly freed France contrasts starkly with the grim events of autumn and winter 1944-45, as the German Reich convulses in its final death throws. The invasion forces can now be counted in their millions, closing in from Russia in the east, Italy and France in the south and from Belgium and Holland in the west. Here's what you will see: The British advance through Belgium - US 3rd Army's advance to the Moselle - The miraculous PLUTO fuel line - US 1st Army's assault on Aachen - The 'Anvil' landings in the South of France - Airborne assaults at Graves, Nijmegen and Arnhem - Churchill in Paris and De Gaulle in Moscow - The Russians crossing into Poland - The hideous first discovery of the concentration camps - The Warsaw uprising - War in Italy and the Balkans - The work of the Italian Partisans - The panicked preparations for German civil defence - The Battle Of The Bulge - The first plans for peace at Yalta.
DISC THREE - FROM THE RHINE TO VICTORY
The Germans are in retreat as the net slowly tightens around the once proud Reich. The Russian onslaught, constant day and night time bombing from the British and Americans and encroaching ground forces have sealed Germany's fate. May 1945 brings total surrender and sparks memorable celebrations across the world. Here's what you will see: The great Russian offensive - Allied forces crossing the Rhine - The freeing of POWs and concentration camp horrors - Final campaigns in Italy and the death of Mussolini - The Russians entering Budapest, Prague and Vienna - The meeting on the Elbe - The bombing and fall of Berlin - The German Surrender - Euphoric celebrations around Europe - The return of exiled governments - The Potsdam conference - The ruin of Germany - London victory celebrations - The Royal family and Churchill on the balcony at Buckingham palace.
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