WW2-Battles For Europe
WW2-Battles For Europe is a TV show on Yesterday. Eye-witness veteran testimony from men who served under fire on the frontline. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
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Field Marshal Montgomery's daring airborne plan to end the war by Christmas, which went a bridge too far at Arnhem.
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1:00:00Examining the work of the American forces who launched a huge offensive to blast a gap in the German lines and break through to liberate France.
1:00:00This edition examines the efforts of the British and Canadians who fought elite German divisions to capture the city of Caen, the key to breaking out of Normandy.
1:00:00June 6, 1944 - D-Day. British, American and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in what would become known as The Longest Day.
1:00:00The Allies reached the last great natural barrier between their forces and the German heartland. If they could get across the River Rhine, the war would be won.
1:00:00Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war.
1:00:00The Allies entered Germany and ran into the Siegfried Line. American troops fought to a gruelling, bloody standstill in the Huertgen Forest at a terrible cost.
1:00:00As the Allies' advance stalls, the Canadians had to seize Hitler's island fortress to open up the vital port of Antwerp and keep the war moving.