Victory in Europe

Nonfiction • TV-14 • Directed by: World War II: The Epic Saga • 57 minutes

The long struggle that would go down in history as World War II began when the Allies took on the might of Adolf Hitler in 1939, as he stormed through Europe with devastating speed and efficiency, crushing nation after nation. As thousands of British and French troops awaited rescue on the beaches of Dunkirk, the humiliating defeats of 1940 made it clear that Hitler and the Germans were a force to be reckoned with. But as more countries became engaged in the web of conflict, the tide slowly, but surely, began to turn. With Allied victories in North Africa in 1942, and the invasion of Sicily in 1943.