Under the command of Generals Montgomery, Bradley, and Devers, Allied forces are poised to make their way across the Rhine, and head for Berlin.

In the East, German occupied territories are collapsing under the Red Army.

It will be a race of men and egos to see who will reach the besieged city first. Meanwhile, in occupied Denmark, Mosquito fighter-bombers from the RAF’s No 140 Wing head for the Danish Gestapo headquarters where many innocent civilians are killed.

In the Pacific, fighting continues. U.S. forces invade the Philippine island of Panay.

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