Liberation: D-Day To Berlin

Liberation: D-Day To Berlin

Liberation: D-Day To Berlin - Trailer

Season 1
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Synopsis

80 years on from the fall of Nazi Germany, we experience the liberation of Western Europe through modern eyes. Unrivalled restoration and expert colourisation of the surviving archive transports us into an emotional and hard-hitting story that balances heroism and tragedy, hope and despair, and exposes the reality of warfare conducted with a ferocity that left no-one untouched, or unchanged.

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Episodes

Season 1

  • France

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    In 1944 the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France.

  • Belgium and the Netherlands

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    New colourised footage and testimony reveal the true cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.

  • Hitler Strikes Back

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    In late 1944 Hitler forces the Americans into their biggest and bloodiest battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium.

  • Germany

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    Uniquely colourised footage and oral testimony reveal the cost of liberating Western Europe in the last year of the Second World War.