Aired Tuesday May 11, 12:55pm - 2:00pmon PBS America +1

World War II: The Last Heroes

Name: 12:55pm - Series 1 Episode 6
Start: 2021-05-11T11:55:00Z
End: 2021-05-11T13:00:00Z
Location: PBS America +1

Series 1 Episode 6: Victory

The Allies finally reach the River Rhine, the last obstacle between them and the German heartland and their ultimate goal: Berlin. Twenty-year-old Bill Ryan was crossing the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen when the Germans tried to blow it up. Patrick Delaforce advanced to the village of Belsen. On the Eastern Front, 19-year-old Jacov Krenin fired Katyusha rockets as the Soviet Union advanced on Berlin.

Category: Documentary / War
Original air date: 2011-11-19