January 1945. Nazi Germany is a nation under siege. To the West, the British, Commonwealth and American armies are poised for a final assault. To the East, the Soviet Red Army is sweeping through nations once under Nazi rule, driving the battered German army back to its own borders. The war is almost over - but Hitler still refuses to

surrender. His intent - to defend Germany to the last bullet, the last shell, the last man.

Told entirely through original frontline combat footage recorded by Allied and Axis cameramen, WORLD WAR TWO: THE FINAL VICTORY is the story of those last fateful months of the war. From the fight for Cologne to the desperate race to secure the bridge at Remargen, from Montgomery's 'Operation Plunder' to the Prague uprising, all the major events are covered.

Also covered is the British liberation of Belsen and the American discovery of Buchenwald as the Allies swept across Germany - a terribly reminder of the true horror of Nazism. As Hitler's regime finally perished in flames in the remnant of Berlin, the cost of defeating Nazism had amounted to some thirty three million lives in Europe, including nearly half a million British dead.

Bonus Features

CHURCHILL'S ISLAND

This famous, award-winning 1942 film narrated by Lorne Greene celebrates the heroic defence of our nation through the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic.

V.E. DAY CELEBRATIONS

A nostalgic montage of London in celebration on V.E. Day 1945. This short film contains rare colour footage of the capital in patriotic salute to the efforts of Winston Churchill and the Allied armies following their victory and the liberation of Europe.