World War II: The Last Heroes

In June 1944, hundreds of thousands of young men gathered on the south coast of England, ready for war. Their destination was the beaches of Normandy, where one of World War II's most brutal battles took place, and the tide of the war turned.

Mere hours after victory on the beaches of D-Day, the allies move into Normandy. Their goal was to seize the city of Caen, but with Germans fighting for every step of countryside, their invasion soon became a nightmare.

With the fall of Caen, the allies who landed on D-Day were finally able to turn their sights elsewhere. The generals' next plan was to capture the whole of Normandy, and force the German front lines to retreat.

The allied invasion of Europe was well under way. So far they’d been bombed, picked off by enemy snipers, and slaughtered at the beaches. As they moved farther east, securing supply lines became the difference between victory and desolation.

As the allies near The Siegfried Line-Germany’s final defensive front-spirits are high. But as they race to Berlin, they are unaware that Hitler has organized a devastating counterattack with his most seasoned troops.

The Siegfried Line has fallen. Nothing stands between the allies and victory in Berlin. But the horrors they uncover in the surrounding countryside leave a bitter taste to the triumph, and bring the true horrors of World War II to light.