In the spring of 1945, allied troops occupy the whole of westphalia within a few weeks. The advancing troops are accompanied by small camera teams, that record the occupation on camera. Spectacular pictures show victory and defeat, the end of the war and new beginnings. The "LWL-Medienzentrum für Westfalen" used the US-Americans' recordings to produce a documentary that shows the end of the war out of the American troops' perspective.


We are releasing this documentary through eleven seperate chapters on YouTube:
Chap. 1: Westphalia in spring 1945
Chap. 2: Bomb war
Chap. 3: American military logistics
Chap. 4: Advance on the "Sauerland"
Chap. 5: The "Ruhrkessel"
Chap. 6: German prisonersof war
Chap. 7: White flags
Chap. 8: Liberation of the forced labourers
Chap. 9: Confronting war crime
Chap. 10: Internment of war criminals
Chap. 11: Winners and Losers

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