All language subtitles for Ten Days to Victory S01E01_eng

Narrator: APRIL 1945.

THE BIGGEST WAR IN HISTORY
IS NEARING ITS END.

IN TEN EXTRAORDINARY DAYS,
THE NAZI EMPIRE WILL COLLAPSE.

AFTER SIX YEARS
OF BRUTAL BLOODSHED,

NEARLY 50 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE DEAD.

MILLIONS MORE
ARE HOMELESS AND STARVING.

FOR TEN INDIVIDUALS
TRAPPED IN THE HORROR AND CHAOS,

THESE TEN DAYS WILL SHAPE
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

A BATTLE‐WEARY PARATROOPER
IS STUNNED

WHEN HE STUMBLES ACROSS
THE NAZIS' MOST GHASTLY SECRET.

A RUSSIAN SOLDIER‐‐

PART OF THE LARGEST SOVIET ARMY
IN HISTORY‐‐

WILL STOP AT NOTHING
TO CONQUER BERLIN.

BENEATH THE DEVASTATED CITY,

A TELEPHONE OPERATOR IS LOCKED
IN A BUNKER WITH ADOLF HITLER.

HE WONDERS
IF HE WILL GET OUT ALIVE.

ABOVE THEM, A 19‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL
SUFFERS THE SAVAGE INVASION,

AND PRAYS FOR SALVATION.

THESE FINAL DAYS OF WORLD WAR II

WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES
AND THE WORLD FOREVER.

Narrator: SOME 50 FEET
BELOW THE STREETS OF BERLIN,

HITLER CONDUCTS A WAR
WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN LOST.

LOCKED IN
HIS CONCRETE COMMAND POST,

THE FUHRER DOESN'T BELIEVE
HIS MIGHTY ARMIES

ARE BEING CRUSHED
BY ALLIED FORCES.

HE WON'T LISTEN TO HIS GENERALS,

WHO TELL HIM THE ALLIES HAVE NOW
BROUGHT THE FINAL BATTLE

RIGHT TO HIS DOORSTEP.

IN THE CLOSING DAYS
OF WORLD WAR II,

GENERAL EISENHOWER LEADS
THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY

EVER ASSEMBLED UNDER ONE MAN.

THE ALLIED FORCES, WITH TROOPS
FROM 16 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

ARE SWEEPING WEST
ACROSS GERMANY.

FROM THE SOUTH,

THEY ARE PUSHING UP
THROUGH MUSSOLINI'S ITALY.

AND FROM THE EAST,

THE LARGEST RUSSIAN ARMY
IN HISTORY HAS OVERRUN POLAND

AND IS NOW SURROUNDING BERLIN.

PINNED DOWN IN HIS BUNKER,

HITLER CANNOT SEE
THAT HIS LAST DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

HE'S VOLATILE.

HE STILL BELIEVES HIS POWERFUL
LEGIONS WILL SAVE HIM.

BERLIN IS A FORTRESS,
HE DECLARES,

AND MUST BE DEFENDED
TO THE LAST.

HE WILL STAY TO THE BITTER END.

WITH HIM
IS HIS TELEPHONE OPERATOR,

ROCHUS MISCH.

IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING
DOWN THERE,

AND I DID NOT FEEL AT ALL HAPPY

THAT THE HEAD OF THE UNIT
HAD POSTED ME TO THE BUNKER.

I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED
NOT TO HAVE DONE MY DUTY THERE.

Narrator: AS THE RED ARMY

TIGHTENS ITS NOOSE
AROUND THE GERMAN CAPITAL,

WITHIN THE CITY,
THERE'S A NEWS BLACKOUT.

PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S HAPPENING.

19‐YEAR‐OLD GERDA PETERSOHN
AND HER MOTHER

DEPEND ON THE WEEKLY NEWSREELS
FOR INFORMATION,

BUT ALL FOOTAGE IS CAREFULLY
ORCHESTRATED BY JOSEPH GOEBBELS,

THE NAZI MINISTER FOR PUBLIC
ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA.

THIS FILM PORTRAYS THE RUSSIANS
AS A SAVAGE HORDE,

OUT TO MURDER, RAPE, AND STEAL.

Petersohn:
MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID,

"OH, THIS CANNOT HAPPEN
IN BERLIN, NEVER.

IN THE COUNTRY, YES,
BUT NOT HERE."

SHE WAS WRONG.

Narrator: THE RUSSIANS ARE BENT
ON TAKING BRUTAL REVENGE

FOR THE ATROCITIES THE GERMANS
COMMITTED AT STALINGRAD.

FOR GERDA,
IT'S AN ANXIOUS WAITING GAME.

SHE KNOWS
THEY WILL BE CONQUERED,

BUT BY WHOM?

Petersohn: WE HOPED THAT
THE AMERICANS OR THE BRITISH

WOULD COME.

THIS WAS OUR HOPE.

AND THEY COULD HAVE COME,
YOU KNOW.

THEY STOOD AT ELBE UNTIL
THE RUSSIANS CAME AROUND BERLIN,

BUT THIS WAS AN ARRANGEMENT.

IF THEY WANTED,
THEY COULD HAVE COME FIRST.

[SIREN]

Narrator: BY APRIL 25th,

BERLIN IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED.

AS PLANNED,

THE RED ARMY LINKS UP WITH
THE AMERICANS AT THE RIVER ELBE,

60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY.

EUROPE IS NOW CUT IN HALF.

IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A DIVISION

THAT WILL LAST
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

BERLINERS CAN HEAR
THE RUMBLE OF WAR

GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.

BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA

OF THE AWESOME FIREPOWER
AIMED RIGHT AT THEM.

TWO AND A HALF MILLION
SOVIET TROOPS,

MORE THAN
40,000 GUNS AND MORTARS,

OVER 6,000 TANKS,
AND 8,500 AIRCRAFT

ARE READY TO STORM THE CITY.

THE RUSSIANS HAVE AMASSED

THE GREATEST MILITARY MACHINE
IN THEIR HISTORY

TO CRUSH THE CAPITAL
OF THE THIRD REICH.

[MAN YELLS IN RUSSIAN]

Narrator:
ON THE STREETS,

IT'S A VICIOUS FIGHT
TO THE DEATH.

ALL EXPERIENCED GERMAN TROOPS

HAVE BEEN SENT
TO THE FRONT LINES,

AND NOW MERE BOYS‐‐
SOME AS YOUNG AS 12‐‐

ARE BEING ENLISTED
TO DEFEND THE CITY ITSELF.

DESERTERS WILL BE EXECUTED.

THE RUSSIANS BLAST THEIR WAY

INTO BERLIN'S
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS.

VASILY USTUGOV,

A GUNNER
WITH THE 150th RIFLE DIVISION,

IS AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THE ASSAULT.

HIS GOAL IS THE REICHSTAG‐‐

HITLER'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

STALIN WANTS THE SOVIET FLAG
FLYING FROM ITS ROOF

BEFORE THE MAY DAY PARADE
IN MOSCOW.

THE MAN WHO PLANTS IT THERE
WILL WIN EVERLASTING GLORY.

OUR DIVISION, NUMBER 150,

WE WERE ASKED
TO TAKE THE REICHSTAG.

WE HAD TO GET TO IT FIRST.

WE REACHED THE OUTSKIRTS
OF BERLIN FROM THE EAST.

I LOST A LOT OF MY MEN
IN THE FIERCE BATTLE.

THE GERMANS SENT
EVERYONE THEY COULD TO STOP US.

I WAS SHOT AT FROM HOUSES,
FROM WINDOWS,

AND MY JOB WAS TO TAKE OUT
THOSE WHO WERE SHOOTING.

Narrator: AS THE FIGHTING RAGES
IN THE SUBURBS,

ORDINARY PEOPLE TRY TO SURVIVE
IN WHAT IS LEFT OF BERLIN.

ONE AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES,

AFTER MORE THAN 13,000 TONS
OF BOMBS HAVE HIT THE CITY.

70 PERCENT OF ITS BUILDINGS
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

THERE'S NO GAS, NO ELECTRICITY,
NO RUNNING WATER.

LATER THAT DAY, GERDA PETERSOHN
GOES OUT TO FETCH WATER

FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUMP.

WHAT LITTLE INFORMATION GETS
THROUGH THE NAZI NEWS BLACKOUT

SHE PICKS UP HERE,
FROM NEIGHBORS

AND FROM LEAFLETS DROPPED
BY RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN PLANES,

URGING BERLINERS TO SURRENDER.

Narrator: BUT THE AMERICANS
ARE NOT COMING.

GERDA HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING IT,

BUT THEIR FATE
HAS ALREADY BEEN SEALED.

THE SOVIET BEAR IS AT THE DOOR.

THE SOVIET BOMBARDMENT OF BERLIN
CONTINUES.

BUT BERLINERS ARE IN THE DARK

ABOUT HOW FAST THE NOOSE
IS TIGHTENING AROUND THEM.

FOOD IS SO SCARCE
THAT JUST TO SURVIVE IS A RISK.

Petersohn: PEOPLE TOLD US

THERE'S A TRAIN ON THE RAILWAY,
WITH FOOD.

AND I WAS NO HERO, BUT I WANT
TO HAVE SOME FOOD FOR MY FAMILY,

SO I HURRIED
AND RUSHED ACROSS THE STREET,

AND THERE WAS A BIG HOLE
IN THIS.

AND SEE I JUMPED DOWN,
AND THERE WAS A TRAIN

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THERE
TO FIND THINGS TO EAT.

SUDDENLY, RUSSIAN AIRPLANES
CAME SHOOTING AGAINST US.

AND I SAW SOME FALLING DOWN.

AND I THOUGHT, "NO, I DON'T WANT
TO LOSE MY YOUNG LIFE THIS WAY."

AND I GRASPED A SMALL PARCEL

AND ROLLED OUT OF THE TRAIN.

SO I RUSHED AND HURRIED HOME.

THEN LATER ON, I SAW
WHAT'S INSIDE THE PARCEL.

IT WAS FOOD FOR AIR FORCES

WITH SCHO‐KO‐KOLA,
CASHEWS WITH MALT.

Narrator: THOUGH GERDA DREAMS
OF RESCUE BY AMERICAN GIs,

IT IS THIS LITTLE RATION PACK
THAT WILL SAVE HER LIFE.

THE CITIZENS
IN THE GERMAN CAPITAL

MAY PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE
BY THE WEST,

BUT NEARLY 500 MILES AWAY,

IN THE FRENCH SCHOOLHOUSE

WHICH SERVES
AS THE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,

THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER,
GENERAL EISENHOWER,

HAS OTHER PLANS.

HE'S ALREADY DECIDED TO KEEP
HIS TROOPS OUT OF BERLIN.

WELL, EISENHOWER
IS A CAREFUL STRATEGIST.

AND MUCH TO CHURCHILL
AND MONTGOMERY'S FURY,

HE'S ALREADY DECIDED
THAT A RACE FOR BERLIN

BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN
TROOPS WILL SOW THEIR ALLIANCE.

Narrator: EISENHOWER
IS GETTING DISTURBING REPORTS

ABOUT A NAZI PLAN
TO CARRY ON THE WAR

FROM HITLER'S RETREAT
NEAR BERCHTESGADEN,

HIGH IN THE BAVARIAN ALPS.

THIS IS ANOTHER REASON
BERLIN IS OFF THE TABLE‐‐

EISENHOWER NEEDS HIS FORCES

FOR A POTENTIALLY
LONG AND BLOODY BATTLE

IN THE MOUNTAINS,

AND SO HE MAKES ONE OF
THE MOST MOMENTOUS DECISIONS

AT THE WAR'S END:

BERLIN WILL BE LEFT
TO THE SOVIETS.

David: IT'S A DECISION
THAT WILL HAUNT HIM

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

IT WILL HAVE
TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES

FOR THE PEOPLE OF BERLIN
FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

Narrator:
IT'S NOT ONLY BERLINERS

WHO ARE SHOCKED AT BEING
ABANDONED TO THE RUSSIANS.

EISENHOWER'S ALLY,
FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY,

BRITISH COMMANDER OF ALLIED
FORCES IN NORTHERN GERMANY,

IS EQUALLY APPALLED
AND FRUSTRATED.

UNLIKE EISENHOWER,
MONTGOMERY BELIEVES IT'S VITAL

TO GAIN CONTROL
OVER EUROPE'S MAIN CITIES

BEFORE THE SOVIETS DO.

HE DOESN'T TRUST THEM.

THE RUSSIANS HAVE ALREADY
INSTALLED PUPPET REGIMES

IN THE COUNTRIES
THEY'VE "LIBERATED."

THEREFORE, BERLIN BECAME A PRIME
OBJECTIVE FOR MONTGOMERY.

WHEN EISENHOWER OVERRULES HIM,

IT'S ANOTHER BLOW TO THEIR
ALREADY ROCKY RELATIONSHIP.

MY FATHER THOUGHT EISENHOWER
WAS A VERY GREAT MAN.

AND AS A PERSON, AS A DIPLOMAT,
AS A STATESMAN,

HE HAD A HUGE REGARD FOR HIM.

WHEN EISENHOWER DECIDED
TO TAKE PERSONAL CONTROL,

WHICH MY FATHER
THOUGHT WAS AN ERROR‐‐

HE THOUGHT IT EITHER SHOULD BE
HIM COMMANDING THE AMERICANS

OR BRADLEY COMMANDING
THE WHOLE OPERATION,

BOTH OF WHOM WERE EXPERIENCED
BATTLEFIELD COMMANDERS‐‐

MONTY AND BRADLEY.

BUT EISENHOWER DECIDED TO KEEP
THE TWO FRONTS SEPARATE

AND ADVANCE ALONG BOTH FRONTS,

WITH MONTY IN THE NORTH
AND BRADLEY IN THE SOUTH.

THE PROBLEM WITH GOING FORWARD
ON ALL FRONTS

IS THERE WASN'T THE LOGISTIC
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

Narrator:
MONTGOMERY'S NEW OBJECTIVE

IS TO CROSS THE ELBE RIVER

AND PUSH NORTH
TO THE BALTIC SEA.

HIS MISSION IS TO SEAL OFF
THE GERMAN FORCES IN SCANDINAVIA

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

TO PREVENT THE SOVIETS
FROM REACHING DENMARK.

HE KNOWS THAT, ONCE IN DENMARK,

THE COMMUNISTS WOULD CONTROL
THE ENTIRE BALTIC.

A BRITISH COMMANDO,
CLIFF MORRIS,

IS WITH MONTGOMERY'S FORCES
PUSHING TOWARDS THE BALTIC.

IT'S BEEN
A LONG, TOUGH YEAR FOR HIM.

HE WAS AMONG THE VERY FIRST TO
COME ASHORE IN FRANCE ON D‐DAY.

HE KEEPS A DAILY DIARY.

Morris: "WE'VE BEEN
STAYING HERE FOR TEN DAYS

DURING WHICH WE'VE BEEN
HAVING A SMASHING TIME

GETTING WELL FED,
PLENTY OF REST AND RECREATION.

THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
CROSSED THE ELBE

UNDER COVER OF A WHITE FLAG

AND ENTERED THE TOWN
OF LAUENBURG.

HE APPROACHED THE ENEMY
AND ASKED THEM TO SURRENDER.

THEY REFUSED, AS THE TOWN
WAS BEING HELD BY THE SS.

THEY SAID
THEY WOULD FIGHT FOR IT.

WE HAVE GIVEN THEM 48 HOURS
TO THINK IT OVER

BEFORE ACTION BEGINS."

Narrator: THE ALLIES
ARE CRUSHING THE GERMAN ARMY

ALL ACROSS EUROPE.

THEY'VE CUT OFF
THEIR FOOD AND FUEL.

WITHOUT THESE STAPLES,

THE NAZI WAR MACHINE
IS POWERLESS.

HOWEVER, IN THE NETHERLANDS,
THE WAR HAS REACHED A STALEMATE.

THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY HAS
LIBERATED MOST OF THE COUNTRY,

BUT THE GERMANS
STILL OCCUPY THE WEST.

TO PUNISH THE DUTCH
FOR AIDING THE ALLIES,

THE NAZIS HAVE CUT OFF
THEIR FOOD SUPPLIES.

NEARLY 1,000 PEOPLE ARE DYING
EACH DAY OF STARVATION.

IF THE ALLIES ATTACK,

THE GERMANS THREATEN TO BLOW UP
THE NORTH SEA DYKES,

FLOODING THE COUNTRY
AND KILLING THOUSANDS MORE.

EISENHOWER IS TRYING
TO NEGOTIATE A TRUCE

WITH THE GERMAN COMMAND
IN HOLLAND,

SO THE ALLIES CAN AIRLIFT FOOD
TO THE STARVING DUTCH.

WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT,

THE GERMANS COULD SHOOT DOWN
ANY AIRCRAFT COMING IN.

CAPTAIN FARLEY MOWAT
IS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN
LIBERATION BRIGADE IN HOLLAND.

Mowat: MY JOB WAS LOOKING
FOR GERMAN WEAPONS,

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,
WE'D SAY TODAY.

I DIDN'T FIND TOO MANY,
AS WE SAY TODAY.

Narrator: KEN COTTAM,
A FELLOW INTELLIGENCE OFFICER,

HAS A DARING IDEA.

WORKING INDEPENDENTLY,

THEY CAN SPEED UP
THE TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS

WITH THE GERMANS.

BUT WHAT HE PROPOSES
IS NOT ONLY ILLEGAL

BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

Mowat: COTTAM DECIDED
THAT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING

REALLY EXTRAVAGANT
AND INTERESTING,

AND IT WAS JUST
AT THE END OF THE WAR.

WE KNEW THAT THE WHOLE THING
WAS GOING TO BE OVER SHORTLY.

SO WHAT HE ARRANGED ACTUALLY

WAS, THROUGH SOME FRIEND OF HIS
IN THE GERMAN INTELLIGENCE,

A SAFE CONDUCT

TO CROSS INTO
THE GERMAN‐OCCUPIED
PART OF HOLLAND

AND GO TO THE HEADQUARTERS

OF THE GERMAN DISTRICT
REGIONAL COMMANDER,

GENERAL BLASKOWITZ,
IN HILLVERSUM.

AND HE WANTED ME
TO GO ALONG, TOO.

Narrator: WITH COMMAND
STRUCTURES BREAKING DOWN

AND INCREASINGLY DISRUPTED
COMMUNICATIONS,

MANY REGIONAL GERMAN UNITS ARE
TRYING TO CUT THEIR OWN DEALS.

Mowat:
KEN HAS PERSUADED SENIOR STAFF

THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE
TO ESTABLISH DIRECT TALKS

BETWEEN OURSELVES
AND GENERAL BLASKOWITZ.

HE'S JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE
FROM THE GENERAL SAYING

THAT HE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS
A SEPARATE TRUCE
WITH THE ALLIES.

WE'RE GOING TO CROSS OVER
GERMAN LINES TOMORROW.

I AM MORE THAN A LITTLE NERVOUS.

Narrator: THEIR SECRET JOURNEY
INTO THE HEART OF NAZI TERRITORY

WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES

FAR BEYOND
THEIR WILDEST AMBITIONS.

[AIR RAID SIREN]

IN ITALY, THE WAR HAS
LEFT THE COUNTRY IN CHAOS.

THE REGIME
OF THE FASCIST DICTATOR,

HITLER'S ALLY, BENITO MUSSOLINI,

HAS COLLAPSED.

THE ALLIES ARE BATTLING
THEIR WAY NORTH,

DEFEATING GERMAN FORCES

WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL
ARMED RESISTANCE GROUPS.

CONVOYS OF DEFEATED NAZIS
AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS

ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE
THE COUNTRY.

IT'S EARLY MORNING.

Man: HEY, URBANO!

Narrator: URBANO LAZZARO IS
A MEMBER OF A RESISTANCE GROUP

THAT HAS TAKEN CONTROL
OF A SMALL TOWN

ON THE SHORES OF LAKE COMO.

HE IS ABOUT TO BE PART
OF AN EVENT

THAT WILL ENGRAVE HIS NAME
IN HISTORY.

THE GROUP'S LEADER HAS NEWS THAT
A GERMAN CONVOY IS APPROACHING,

MAKING FOR NEUTRAL SWITZERLAND.

APPARENTLY IT'S CARRYING
A VERY IMPORTANT PASSENGER.

THE RESISTANCE HAVE AGREED
WITH THE GERMANS

THAT THEY CAN STOP AND SEARCH
ALL VEHICLES.

GERMANS CAN LEAVE,

BUT ANY ITALIANS TRYING
TO SNEAK OUT WILL BE ARRESTED.

THE FASCISTS MUST ANSWER
FOR THEIR CRIMES.

[MEN SPEAKING ITALIAN]

Narrator: URBANO LAZZARO

IS ABOUT TO CATCH
A VERY BIG FISH.

Lazzaro:
CAVALIERE BENITO MUSSOLINI!

IT WAS A REAL SHOCK
TO SEE THIS POWERFUL MAN

WHO COMMANDED
54 MILLION ITALIANS

REDUCED TO NOTHING.

IT REALLY STRUCK ME.

Narrator:
IN A CAR FOLLOWING THE CONVOY,

THEY FIND AN ITALIAN WOMAN.

SHE IS MUSSOLINI'S MISTRESS,
CLARA PETACCI.

Petacci: BENITO!

Narrator:
THE RESISTANCE HOLDS THEM
PRISONER IN THE TOWN HALL

ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS
OF HIS GOVERNMENT

ALSO CAUGHT TRYING TO ESCAPE.

LATER, MUSSOLINI
AND HIS MISTRESS

ARE TRANSFERRED TO A MORE SECURE
LOCATION UP IN THE HILLS.

THE PLAN IS TO TAKE THEM
TO MILAN TO STAND TRIAL.

David:
WELL, MUSSOLINI'S CAPTURE

ACTUALLY DOESN'T MAKE
THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE

TO THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGN
IN ITALY.

AND THE REASON IS
THAT THEIR RECENT OFFENSIVE,

BACKED BY AN UPRISING
OF STARVING ITALIAN CIVILIANS,

ALREADY HAS THE GERMANS
ON THE RUN.

ALSO, SOME OF THE SENIOR
GERMAN COMMANDERS IN ITALY

HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN NEGOTIATING
WITH THE ALLIES FOR SOME TIME

AND THEY'RE ON THE VERGE OF
SIGNING AN UNOFFICIAL SURRENDER.

MUSSOLINI KNOWS THIS,

AND HE ALSO KNOWS THAT WITHOUT
HIS GERMAN BACKERS,

HIS FASCIST REGIME
CAN'T SURVIVE.

Narrator: ANY SATISFACTION

GENERAL EISENHOWER FEELS
OVER THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

IS OVERSHADOWED
BY TWO GRAVE CONCERNS.

CAN HE PREVENT THE GERMAN SS

FROM MAKING A BLOODY LAST STAND
IN THE BAVARIAN ALPS?

AND, MORE URGENTLY,

CAN HE SECURE A TRUCE WITH
THE GERMAN COMMAND IN HOLLAND

SO HE CAN START
AIRLIFTING IN FOOD

TO ALLEVIATE THE GROWING FAMINE?

WHAT EISENHOWER DOESN'T KNOW
IS THAT IN HOLLAND,

TWO CANADIANS,
FARLEY MOWAT AND KEN COTTAM,

HAVE ALREADY EMBARKED
ON A DANGEROUS SECRET MISSION

BEHIND ENEMY LINES.

THESE TWO OFFICERS ARE
ATTEMPTING TO SPEED UP THE TRUCE

THAT WILL MEAN FOOD
FOR THE STARVING DUTCH.

Mowat:
UNLIKELY AS IT MAY SEEM,

I'M PRESENTLY SITTING
IN A VERY LARGE GREENHOUSE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS
THE RESISTANCE HEADQUARTERS.

WHO WOULD HAVE CONCEIVED

OF PUTTING THEIR HEADQUARTERS
IN A GREENHOUSE?

CLEVER, REALLY,
AS IT IS SURELY THE LAST PLACE

THE GERMANS
WOULD HAVE LOOKED FOR IT.

THOUGH WITH ALL THE GLASS
BEING RATTLED

BY THE THUMP OF GRENADES
EXPLODING NEARBY,

I'M BEGINNING TO WISH
I WAS BACK IN THE GERMANS' CAMP.

Narrator: THE DAY BEFORE,

THE TWO CANADIANS HAD DRIVEN
ACROSS NO‐MAN'S LAND

TO MEET THE GERMAN
COMMANDER‐IN‐CHIEF,

GENERAL BLASKOWITZ.

Mowat: IT WAS VERY SCARY DRIVING
INTO GERMAN‐OCCUPIED TERRITORY

BEFORE THE TRUCE
WAS ESTABLISHED.

YOU REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT IT WAS ALSO
WILDLY EXHILARATING.

IF YOU HAD ENOUGH RUM IN YOU,

AND I ALWAYS MADE SURE
THAT I DID,

YOU COULD MANAGE IT ALRIGHT.

I WOULD HATE
TO HAVE DONE IT SOBER.

ONCE OR TWICE
WE RAN INTO GERMAN COLUMNS.

ONE WAS AN SS COLUMN
IN THEIR BLACK UNIFORMS,

LOOKING VERY, VERY FRIGHTENING.

THE RECOGNITION OF THE FACT
THAT THIS WASN'T A GERMAN CAR

AND IT WASN'T FILLED
WITH GERMAN SOLDIERS

CAME OVER THESE GUYS...

IT WAS LIKE A COMIC FILM.

YOU COULD ALMOST
SEE THE EXPRESSIONS

CHANGE IN THEIR FACE.

MAYBE THEY WERE
JUST TOO SURPRISED.

Narrator: MOWAT AND COTTAM

SURVIVE THE HARROWING TRIP
TO THE GERMAN HQ

AND ARE DELIVERED AT GUNPOINT
TO THE ICY GERMAN COMMANDER,

GENERAL BLASKOWITZ.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING
IN THE BACKGROUND]

THE TWO OFFICERS HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT.

ONE FALSE MOVE,
AND THEY COULD BE SHOT.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING
IN THE BACKGROUND]

BUT IT APPEARS THE GERMANS
RESPECT THEIR NERVE.

Mowat: THE GERMANS FED US
HUGE PLATES OF ARMY STEW,

WHICH THEY THEN APOLOGIZED FOR
BECAUSE IT WAS MAINLY HORSE.

THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER!

PERHAPS TO COMPENSATE, THEY THEN
PLIED US WITH PLUM BRANDY.

AS KEN SPOKE FLUENT GERMAN,

WE DECIDED HE SHOULD BE THE ONE
TO TALK TO THE GENERAL.

[CHUCKLES]

THEY WERE VERY COURTEOUS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SALUTING,
INTRODUCING ONE TO ANOTHER.

OH, AND I REMEMBER ONE GUY,
HE WOULD BE AN OBERLEUTNANT,

WHO GOT VERY FRIENDLY

AND PRODUCED HIS SISTER'S
PHOTOGRAPH FROM HIS HANDBOOK,

FROM HIS POCKETBOOK,

AND SHOWED IT TO ME
AND SAID, "IS SHE NOT LOVELY?"

I SAID, "YES, YES,
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL."

"WHEN YOU'RE IN DRESDEN,
YOU MAY LOOK HER UP."

I DIDN'T DO IT, OF COURSE,

BUT NEVER MIND,
IT WAS A NICE THOUGHT.

Narrator:
A BOTTLE OF BRANDY LATER,

COTTAM AND GENERAL BLASKOWITZ
RETURN.

HE HAS AGREED TO A TRUCE.

BUT THEY CAN'T COUNT THIS
AS A SUCCESS JUST YET.

THE TRUCE STILL HAS TO
GO UP THE LINE

TO THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND.

BLASKOWITZ
HAS TAKEN A HUGE RISK.

Mowat: HE MUST HAVE
PERSUADED BLASKOWITZ

THAT THE TRUCE WAS INEVITABLE

AND THAT IF HE MOVED NOW,

HE WOULD GAIN
SOME BROWNIE POINTS.

SO THE STORY IS THAT
THAT LITTLE EXPEDITION OF OURS

MAY HAVE SHORTENED THE WAR
IN HOLLAND BY A DAY OR TWO.

MAYBE.

I REALLY THOUGHT
WHEN WE WENT IN THERE,

THAT COTTAM HAD BITTEN OFF
MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW.

Mowat: WHEN WE LEFT GENERAL
BLASKOWITZ' HEADQUARTERS,

I THOUGHT WE'D BE HEADING BACK
TO OUR OWN SIDE.

BUT NOT KEN.

WE WENT THE OTHER WAY,
TO AMSTERDAM,

DEEP INSIDE
NAZI‐OCCUPIED TERRITORY,

WHERE WE MADE CONTACT WITH
THE LOCAL RESISTANCE GROUP.

KEN AND COLONEL MICHELS,
THEIR LEADER,

WERE NOW TRYING
TO RADIO NEWS OF THE TRUCE

BACK TO OUR OWN HEADQUARTERS
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

Narrator:
TIME IS RUNNING OUT

FOR THE THOUSANDS
OF STARVING DUTCH.

THE TRUCE NEGOTIATED
WITH GENERAL BLASKOWITZ

MUST BE APPROVED BY BOTH SIDES.

MOWAT AND COTTAM
CAN ONLY SIT AND WAIT.

[AIR RAID SIREN]

Narrator:
MILLIONS OF SOVIET SOLDIERS,

BACKED BY THOUSANDS OF TANKS,
ROCKETS, AND AIRCRAFT,

ARE REDUCING THE GERMAN CAPITAL
TO RUBBLE.

THEY'VE CONQUERED
THREE QUARTERS OF THE CITY.

VASILY USTUGOV AND HIS COMRADES
BATTLE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE

AS THEY MOVE EVER CLOSER
TO THE GOAL:

THE REICHSTAG.

BUT IT'S A MISSION
THAT COMES AT A HIGH COST.

ON AVERAGE, OVER THESE TEN DAYS,

THE RUSSIANS
WILL SUFFER TWELVE CASUALTIES

EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.

MANY SOVIET SOLDIERS,

FUELED BY ALCOHOL,
A HATRED OF THE GERMANS,

AND A DESIRE FOR REVENGE,

UNLEASH A FRENZY OF KILLING,
LOOTING, AND RAPING.

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS HITLER
AND WHAT HE DID IN RUSSIA

WAS QUITE OBVIOUS.

THE ATROCITIES HIS ARMY
COMMITTED AGAINST CIVILIANS

WERE TERRIBLE.

THEY BURNED, BOMBED,
AND EXECUTED CIVILIANS

IN GREAT NUMBERS.

THEY KILLED ABOUT
18.5 MILLION CIVILIANS.

I AM OFTEN ASKED ABOUT
HOW WE TREATED THE LOCALS,

ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN.

I CAN'T SAY
BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT

THAT NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG,

ESPECIALLY IN THE REARGUARD.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY
THAT OUR COMMANDER,

GENERAL ZHUKOV,

WAS NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON
TO LET HIS TROOPS GO WILD.

OUR ORDERS WERE VERY STRICT

AND WE WERE
VERY CLOSELY SUPERVISED

BY POLITICAL AND
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICERS.

IF SOMEONE GOT CAUGHT,
THEY WERE SEVERELY PUNISHED.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ISOLATED
INSTANCES IN THE BATTALION,

BUT IN MY PLATOON, I NEVER
WITNESSED ANY OF THIS.

Narrator: GERDA PETERSOHN

IS HIDING FROM THE RUSSIANS
IN A CELLAR

WITH HER FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS.

Petersohn: DURING THE DAY
IT WAS VERY QUIET OUTSIDE.

YOU HEARD NOTHING.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO SOLDIERS,
NO NOTHING WAS AROUND US.

AND IT WAS SO QUIET,
AND SUDDENLY IN THE AFTERNOON,

THE FIRST TANK WE HEARD
ROLLING ALONG THE STREET.

AND WE ALL HAD BEEN QUIET
IN OUR CELLAR, SITTING THERE,

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD COME.

AND THEN, QUIET AGAIN.

AND SUDDENLY,
SOMETHING SHOOTING...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT.

AND THE FIRST RUSSIAN WORD‐‐
"STOI!"

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

I WILL NEVER FORGET

THE FIRST RUSSIAN SOLDIER I SAW,
SOVIET SOLDIER I SAW,

IN OUR SMALL DOOR OF OUR CELLAR.

IT WAS A MONGOL.

I STILL SEE HIM.

[BABY CRYING]

Narrator:
THE RUSSIANS GRAB

WHATEVER OF VALUE
THEY CAN LAY THEIR HANDS ON

AND TAKE AWAY THE ONLY TWO MEN
IN THE GROUP.

BUT PRISONERS AND TRINKETS
ARE NOT ALL THEY ARE AFTER.

AS THE RUSSIANS RAMPAGE
THROUGH BERLIN,

SOME 50 FEET BELOW THE CITY,

HITLER COMPARES HIMSELF
TO HIS HERO,

FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA.

HE WAITS IN VAIN FOR HIS ARMIES
TO SAVE THE REICH

FROM THE BARBARIANS.

YESTERDAY HE TURNED DOWN
AN ESCAPE PLAN

FROM GENERAL WEIDLING,

THE COMMANDER
OF THE BERLIN GARRISON.

HAVING CUT HIMSELF OFF
FROM REALITY,

HE REFUSES TO FLEE.

HE WANTS TO FALL HEROICALLY
AT THE HEAD OF HIS TROOPS.

WITH HIS ARMIES DEFEATED
AND IN TATTERS,

IT IS YET ANOTHER SIGN OF HIS
WEAK GRASP OF THE SITUATION.

ROCHUS MISCH,
HIS TELEPHONE OPERATOR,

IS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
LEFT IN THE BUNKER.

HE BEGINS TO FEAR
FOR HIS OWN LIFE.

Misch: I THOUGHT I'D NEVER
GET OUT OF THERE ALIVE.

IT WAS LIKE
A CONCRETE COFFIN FOR ME,

THE DEATH CHAMBER
I COULD NO LONGER LEAVE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
TO THE BUNKER.

[AIR RAID SIREN]

[DOG BARKING]

Narrator: APRIL 28TH.

TEN DAYS TO VICTORY.

THE RESISTANCE
DRAG MUSSOLINI AND HIS MISTRESS

FROM THE FARMHOUSE
WHERE THEY WERE HELD OVERNIGHT.

THE PLAN
IS TO TAKE THEM TO MILAN

TO STAND TRIAL FOR THEIR CRIMES.

URBANO LAZZARO,

THE YOUNG ANTI‐FASCIST
WHO ARRESTED MUSSOLINI,

IS DISMAYED
BY THIS TURN OF EVENTS.

Lazzaro:
I ONLY FOUND OUT LATER
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

IF I HAD BEEN THERE, I WOULD
NOT HAVE AGREED TO THE KILLING.

I WANTED A PUBLIC TRIAL...

THEN, OF COURSE,
A DEATH SENTENCE.

BUT EVERYTHING DONE LEGALLY,
PROPERLY, AND FAIRLY.

I WANTED A RETURN
TO THE RULE OF LAW.

Narrator:
THE RESISTANCE TAKE THE BODIES

OF MUSSOLINI, CLARA PETACCI,
AND OTHER FASCISTS TO MILAN.

PEOPLE VENT THE HATRED
THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO EXPRESS

WHEN THE DICTATOR WAS IN POWER.

FOR HISTORIANS,
HOW MUSSOLINI DIED

IS ONE OF THE GREAT
CONTROVERSIES OF THE WAR.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE

OVER THE EXACT DETAILS
OF MUSSOLINI'S EXECUTION.

AND ONLY RECENTLY
THERE HAVE BEEN NEW CLAIMS

THAT THEY WERE IN FACT
KILLED BY TWO ITALIANS

WORKING FOR
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE,

THE PARTISANS
THEN CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY

FOR POLITICAL GAIN.

THE REASON, APPARENTLY,
WAS THAT MUSSOLINI

HAD SOME COMPROMISING LETTERS
FROM CHURCHILL

OFFERING HIM A SEPARATE PEACE
OF THE ALLIES.

IF THIS HAS BEEN TRUE,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS
BREACH OF THE ALLIES' AGREEMENT

TO SEEK ONLY THE UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER OF ALL AXIS POWERS.

WHEN MUSSOLINI'S
GOVERNMENT COLLAPSED, OF COURSE,

CHURCHILL HAD TO
GET THOSE LETTERS BACK

IN CASE THE DESPERATE DICTATOR

WAS TEMPTED
TO USE THEM AS BLACKMAIL.

Narrator: THAT SAME DAY,

IN THE MIDDLE OF A GREENHOUSE
IN NAZI‐OCCUPIED AMSTERDAM,

FARLEY MOWAT WAITS FOR NEWS

OF THE FIRST FOOD AIRLIFT
TO TAKE OFF FROM ENGLAND.

HE HOPES THEIR HARD‐WON TRUCE
WITH THE GERMANS

HAS OPENED THE WAY FOR THE BADLY
NEEDED HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.

Mowat: "LAST NIGHT
WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION

THAT THE CEASE‐FIRE
WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE GERMANS

IS NOW OFFICIAL.

THE CELEBRATIONS
WENT ON ALL NIGHT.

THE ENTIRE POPULACE

IS CELEBRATING
THE COMING LIBERATION

FROM A DIET
OF POTATOES AND TULIP BULBS.

NOW ALL THEY HAVE TO AGREE

ARE HOW AND WHERE THE FOOD
IS TO BE DELIVERED."

Narrator: BUT THEIR EFFORTS
ARE NOW FRUSTRATED

BY POWERS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

Michels:
IT JUST CAME IN OVER THE WIRE.

IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

THE FOOD DROP
HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

BAD WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

Mowat: THAT'S TYPICAL.

Narrator:
IN HOLLAND, THE WAR ENDS
IN A WAVE OF BITTER RETRIBUTION.

THE DUTCH RESISTANCE
SHOWS NO MERCY

FOR THOSE WHO COLLABORATED
WITH THE GERMANS.

THOSE CAUGHT ARE SEVERELY
PUNISHED BY THE RESISTANCE

FOR BETRAYING THEIR COUNTRY
AND THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.

[SCREAM AND GUNSHOT]

Mowat: AN UNKNOWN
NUMBER OF THOUSANDS

DID END UP
IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS

AS A RESULT OF BEING BETRAYED
BY COLLABORATORS.

SOME COLLABORATORS
WERE SHOT ARBITRARILY.

MOST WERE DEALT WITH
IN MUCH LESSER VIOLENT FASHION,

BUT THEY WERE IDENTIFIED,

THEIR BELONGINGS WERE SEIZED,

A LOT OF THEM HAD EQUIPMENT
THEY'D GOT THROUGH...

STOLEN THROUGH THEIR CONTACTS
WITH THE GERMAN ARMY.

SO IT WAS A KIND OF
A REVENGE OPERATION.

Narrator:
AS THE GERMAN CAPITAL

BRACES ITSELF
FOR THE FINAL RECKONING,

EVERY DAY THE WAR DRAGS ON
BRINGS MORE PAIN AND SUFFERING.

WITH MOST OF THE MEN AWAY
FIGHTING OR DEAD,

THE WOMEN OF BERLIN
ARE IN CONTINUAL DANGER

FROM THE SOVIET INVADERS.

MARAUDING SOLDIERS
KICK IN THEIR DOORS.

IF THEY MUST GO OUT,

THEY MAKE THEMSELVES
AS UNATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE

BY DIRTYING THEIR FACES.

GERDA AND HER FAMILY
FIND OUT THE HARD WAY,

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

Petersohn:
MY SISTER‐IN‐LAW,

SHE LIVED WITH HER PARENTS
SEVERAL STREETS AWAY FROM US.

SHE WAS BROUGHT TO US,

AND SHE WAS HURT HERE,
AT HER THROAT,

BECAUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE,

SHE WAS RAPED SEVERAL TIMES
BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS,

AND HER PARENTS AND SHE
DECIDED TO END THEIR LIVES

AND WENT UP TO HANG THEMSELVES.

AND BOTH PARENTS
SOON HAVE BEEN DEAD,

BUT SHE WAS SAVED BY A NEIGHBOR

AND BROUGHT TO US.

[SOLDIERS SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

Narrator: 29TH OF APRIL.

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT,
WITH NINE DAYS TO GO,

A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR APPEARS
IN THE FUHRER'S BUNKER.

Misch:
HE WAS A COMPLETE STRANGER,

NOT SOMEONE
WHO CAME TO MEETINGS.

MY FRIEND TOLD ME

THAT HE WAS AN OFFICIAL
FROM THE REGISTRY OFFICE.

THE FUHRER
WAS GOING TO GET MARRIED.

I WAS TAKEN ABACK
AND SAID "WHAT?"

AND HE SAID, "YES,
THE FUHRER IS GOING TO MARRY."

Narrator: IN THE VERY EARLY
HOURS OF THE MORNING,

WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY
ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY

AND THE BUNKER SHAKING
FROM NEARBY EXPLOSIONS,

HITLER AND EVA BRAUN
ARE MARRIED.

WHILE HITLER WAS IN HIS GLORY,
HE DISMISSED MARRIAGE.

HIS BRIDE WAS GERMANY.

BUT EVA BRAUN,

A PHOTOGRAPHER'S ASSISTANT
FROM BAVARIA, HAS STUCK BY HIM.

EVEN KNOWING THE DANGER,

SHE'S CHOSEN
TO COME TO THE BUNKER

AND REFUSES TO LEAVE.

AFTER YEARS OF LIVING
IN THE SHADOWS AS HIS MISTRESS,

SHE'S FINALLY WON
WHAT SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED:

RECOGNITION.

SHORTLY AFTERWARDS,

HITLER DICTATES
HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

IN IT HE BLAMES THE WAR
AND GERMANY'S DEFEAT ON THE JEWS

AND HE EXHORTS THE GERMAN PEOPLE

TO KEEP TO THE PRINCIPLES
OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM,

ESPECIALLY ITS RACIAL LAWS.

HE ASSURES HIS PEOPLE
THAT THEIR SIX‐YEAR STRUGGLE

WILL ONE DAY BE RECOGNIZED

AS "THE MOST GLORIOUS
AND VALIANT MANIFESTATION

OF A NATION'S WILL TO EXIST."

HE APPOINTS
GRAND ADMIRAL DOENITZ

TO SUCCEED HIM
AS GERMANY'S LEADER,

TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE.

NOT EVEN THE DEATH
OF ADOLF HITLER

WILL END THE WAR.

IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF THE 29TH OF APRIL,

IN NORTHWEST GERMANY,

MONTGOMERY'S GUNS BEGIN POUNDING
THE TOWN OF LAUENBURG

ACROSS THE ELBE RIVER.

THEY PROVIDE COVER
FOR BRITISH COMMANDOS

TO CROSS OVER AND TAKE THE TOWN.

FROM THERE, THEY WILL BLAZE
THEIR WAY TO THE BALTIC SEA.

CROSSING THE RIVER,

CLIFF MORRIS
AND NUMBER 6 COMMANDO UNIT

COME UNDER HEAVY FIRE
FROM GERMAN MACHINE GUNS.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIERCEST LINES
OF RESISTANCE STILL LEFT.

WITH THE WAR NEARLY OVER,

NO ONE WANTS TO BE
AMONG THE LAST TO BE KILLED.

[SCREAMING]

Narrator:
HAVING CROSSED THE ELBE RIVER,

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS
THEIR TROOPS TO PUSH EAST

TO STRENGTHEN THEIR INFLUENCE
OVER POST‐WAR EUROPE.

THE BRITISH NOW SEE
THE ADVANCING SOVIET ARMY

AS A GREATER THREAT
THAN THE GERMANS,

WHO ARE BEING DEFEATED
ON ALL FRONTS.

THE RUSSIANS WERE PLAYING
A DIFFERENT GAME

TO WHAT THE ALLIES WERE.

ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY

THAT I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE
ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS WE HAD

IF IT HADN'T BEEN
FOR THE RUSSIANS.

THE RUSSIANS SUFFERED BECAUSE
THEY WERE VERY CAVALIER‐‐

PHENOMENAL CASUALTIES
IN THEIR OPERATIONS

ON THE EASTERN FRONT.

Narrator:
THE WESTERN ALLIES

ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE
OF EASTERN EUROPE

IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SOVIETS

TAKING THE LION'S SHARE
OF THE CASUALTIES.

BUT THIS MEANS LITTLE
TO THE MEN OF COMMANDO UNIT 6.

ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT EACH
MINUTE THEY CAN STAY ALIVE

BRINGS THEM THAT MUCH CLOSER
TO THE END OF THE WAR.

AS THE BRITISH COMMANDOS
ENTER THE TOWN OF LAUENBURG,

THERE ARE SIGNS
OF AN EARLIER BATTLE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE GERMAN ARMY

HAS ABANDONED LAUENBURG
TO THE ALLIES.

PERHAPS THEY DON'T WANT
TO GET CAUGHT

BETWEEN THE BRITISH
AND SOVIET FORCES

RACING EACH OTHER
TOWARDS THE BALTIC SEA.

WHEN WE ARRIVED,

WE SPOTTED THE SITUATION

AND WE SPREAD OUT
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADS

AND WE HAMMERED ON EACH DOOR
AS WE WENT PAST IT

AND SAID THE MILITARY'S HERE.

WE TOLD THEM TO STAY INSIDE
AND THEY WOULDN'T GET SHOT.

Narrator: AGAINST THE THUNDER
AND CHAOS OF THE WAR,

THE STILLNESS OF THE TOWN
IS UNNERVING.

MORRIS'S TRAINING TELLS HIM
NEVER TO TRUST THE SILENCE.

[SNEEZE]

Morris:
WHO'S THERE?

I'VE GOT A HAND GRENADE.

HAND GRENADE!

[CLANKING]

Narrator: WHILE COMMANDO
CLIFF MORRIS AND HIS COMRADES

BATTLE THEIR WAY NORTH
TO THE BALTIC,

AMERICAN PARATROOPER
CLANCY LYALL

OF THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
IS TRAVELING SOUTH.

HE IS ON HIS WAY TO A SHOWDOWN

WITH AN UNKNOWN NUMBER
OF HITLER'S ELITE SS TROOPS

IN THE ALPS.

EN ROUTE, THEY'LL STUMBLE UPON
THE MOST HORRIFIC SECRET

OF THE NAZI REGIME.