The End of Hitler’s Empire: From Normandy to Nuremberg

In 1944, the Allies returned to Europe. From the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Nuremberg, this was the final act of the Second World War in the West: liberation, vengeance, and judgment.

This feature brings together five chapters that tell the story of Europe’s last year of war — from the moment the Allies landed to the moment the guilty stood on trial.

Included episodes:
• D-Day: The Longest Day in History – On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion ever launched. The fate of Western Europe hung in the balance.
• Breakout: From Normandy to the Low Countries – After the beaches were secured, Allied armies burst across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands in a rapid, chaotic advance that liberated millions.
• The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Final Gamble – In the frozen Ardennes, Germany launched one last desperate counterattack. Thousands died in the snow as the Reich’s final hope vanished.
• The Capture of the Damned: From Berlin to Moscow – As Berlin fell, the once-mighty German Army was marched in defeat through Moscow, the war’s final humiliation before Europe’s reckoning.
• Judgment: Nuremberg and the Shadow of the Bomb – In the aftermath of destruction, the victors convened a tribunal. From Nuremberg to Hiroshima’s ruins, humanity faced the cost of total war.

This series captures the final year of Europe’s war in full — the return of freedom, the fall of an empire, and the birth of the postwar world.
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