WWll Battles In Colour

It took only six weeks for the Nazi Army to conquer France, with an onslaught of tanks, aircraft and German troops. Witness the extraordinary military success of the Blitzkrieg campaign, through rare footage and firsthand accounts.

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a savage and merciless attack on the Soviet Union. Now, newly colorised film and amateur home movies provide an unprecedented inside look at this brutal conflict.

1942. Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg enters Egypt. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, aka the Desert Fox, has his eyes set on Cairo, but first he must overcome General Bernard Montgomery, the British Eighth Army, and the area's punishing fighting conditions.

July 1943. For six months, the German advance has stalled, but Hitler is convinced that his new generation of Nazi tanks will help put the Reich back on the path to European domination. His target: the Soviet town of Kursk.

Stunning, newly colorised combat and newsreel footage plus personal memoirs take us to the heart of a battle that would be a catastrophic blow to both sides and leave a muddy graveyard across East Belgium.

April 1945. The Soviets have gained control of Poland and have crossed the borders of Germany. The Nazis begin a desperate last stand, drafting in the old and the young to defend the capital of the Third Reich: Berlin.