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World War II: The Last Heroes

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World War II was the world's darkest hour, filled with war's horrors and unimaginable cruelty. This series painstakingly chronicles the final years of the Allied campaign in the Second World War and reveals what it was really like in the trenches on Omaha Beach. Meet the last living heroes of this gruesome battle and hear their stories, not in the words of generals and historians, but from their own point of view.

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D Day
47MIN
D Day
The Battle For Caen
47MIN
The Battle For Caen
Breakout from Normandy
46MIN
Breakout from Normandy
The Scheldt & Arnheim
46MIN
The Scheldt & Arnheim
Battle of the Bulge
47MIN
Battle of the Bulge
Victory
47MIN
Victory

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