Crusade In Europe: Volume 3

Fall Of The Third Reich

Based on the best-selling book by Dwight D. Eisenhower. This award winning and critically acclaimed documentary chronicles the entire conflict between the Axis and Allied powers in the European theatre during World War II.

Battle On Supply
Supplies can't keep up with victories. Red Ball Express created to supply troops. Trucks run round the clock. Salvaging train lines. Germans counter with rockets

The Air War
Control of skies will guarantee victory, US transforms Britain with airfields. Oil fields destroyed with heavy allied losses. Britains bomb at night, US during the day.

Battle Of The Bulge
Allies penetrate German border. Nazis counter attack with 10 tank and 14 infantry divisions. Nazis tear gaps in US line. US responds with 7th Armored division.

Crossing The Rhine
Troops caught in quagmire. Hopes for a quick breakthrough end. Nazis have time to regroup. Savage fighting in the woods. Saturation bombing pays off. Battle for Munich. Bridge at Remagen. Airborne assault. Foothold established.

Collapse Of Germany
Voice of America begins to broadcast to German civilians. Children do the fighting for the Nazis. Eisenhower views Concentration Camps. Nazi front collapses. Russia takes Berlin. German military surrenders

Victory's Aftermath
Redeployment of troops. Eisenhower addresses the nation. Death of Roosevelt puts Truman in charge. Atom bomb dropped on Japan forever changing the way future wars are fought.

Russia
Russia becomes world power when Germany surrenders to them. Eisenhower meets with Soviet Generals and compares differences. Rebuilding Germany begins.

Review
Thirty Million people killed in conflict. A World mourns and honors the fallen. Pass and Review. Measures taken to prevent history from repeating itself. A cause for celebration.