ROAD TO VICTORY (4 DVD)

RUNTIME: 295 MINS

CAT: AWA182
UPC: 881482318292
RRP: $29.95

Recording the end of World War II, these four programs, 'VE Day War and Peace', 'VJ Day War and Peace', 'Fall of Berlin' and 'From Remagen to the Elbe' cover this momentous event from very different viewpoints. Documenting the events up to and including both VE and VJ day, these titles mix full-color archive footage and exclusive eyewitness interviews, to bring an indispensable package for any World War enthusiasts.

THE FALL OF BERLIN
As the Americans create a bridgehead on the River Elbe, the      Luftwaffe makes a last desperate attempt to counter the fury of the Allies bombing of Berlin. Whilst Hitler visits the Eastern Front, the Hitler Youth builds barricades around the doomed city. But all is lost, as far as the Third Reich is concerned. The Russian Army launches a devastating attack along the Oder River, only 40 miles from Berlin. The German surrender becomes inevitable, and the city is divided up amongst the victors.

FROM REMAGEN TO THE ELBE
In this remarkable full color film, shot by a camera team during the last months of the war, the viewer can re-live scenes of the heady drive of the U.S. Army across Germany from the bridge at Remagen to the Elbe and southward into Bavaria and Austria. This program will be a boon to all wishing to share the feelings of those fighting this terrible conflict to its conclusion. It presents a compelling  portrait of the last dramatic weeks of the greatest war in history. Much of what is seen is unique.

VE DAY - WAR AND PEACE
May 8th, 1945, the day World War Two officially ended in Europe. With Hitler’s suicide in his Berlin Bunker on April 30th, the Third Reich fell under the control of his successor, Karl Doenitz. Under Doenitz’s orders, General Alfred Johl was sent to S.H.A.E.F. (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces) to seek terms for an end to the war. After six years of conflict and the loss of millions of lives, the Nazi menace had been crushed and the war in Europe was finally over.

VJ DAY - WAR AND PEACE
August 6th 1945, 8.15 a.m. the first atomic bomb used in warfare, codenamed ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on Hiroshima, resulting in the death of 70,000 people. Three days later, on August 9th, a second bomb, codenamed ‘Fat Man’ was dropped on Nagasaki, leading to a Japanese surrender on August 15, marking the end of the war. This insightful program charts the events that led to the end of the war.