America The War Years Part 5 - 1945

Part 5 of 5. 1945 — the final year. As the Battle of the Bulge was beaten back, Allied forces crossed into Germany itself. In the Pacific, the brutal battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa pointed toward an invasion that never came. President Roosevelt died in April, never seeing the victory he had guided America toward. Then came V-E Day, the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and V-J Day. Rare archival land, sea, and air combat footage documents the end of the war that defined the 20th century. Free with ads.