Crusade in Europe (1949)
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Rudolf Heß as Self (archive footage)
Episodes 2
Prelude to War
May 5, 1949
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The surrender at Reims ended the major phase of the European Theater of WWII. The film dissolves from the surrender to Hitler in his early years of power, follows the rise of Nazism through the Munich Pact, the attack on Poland, the fall of France, and the Battle of Britain.
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October 13, 1949
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The post-war government of Germany is shown. The U.S. in Cologne puts things in order. The Potsdam Conference and Nuremberg War Crimes Trials are shown.
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