This first episode covers the last week of February to late March. When American troops started their final invasion of Nazi Germany in February, 1945, US army cameramen were at their side. Over a thousand reels have been preserved, many of them untouched for decades. The cameramen covered many stories of victory and defeat, death and liberation. Faces of despair and joy, scenes of war and peace.
This second episode covers the last week of March to late April. Resistance from the Germans diminishes, and the path to Berlin grows more rapidly. The horrors of Hitler's concentration camps are revealed.