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Overrunning Germany
September 29, 1949
Season 1 - Episode 22: Overrunning Germany
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
The Western Allies entrap a large part of the German Army in the Ruhr Pocket, and captures some 325,000 enemy soldiers. The Americans and Russians meet at Torgau on the Elbe River. The Russians take Berlin, and German forces surrender in Europe and Italy. Eisenhower also inspects a concentration camp.
Episode Information
TV Show
Crusade in Europe
Season
Season 1
Episode Number
22
Air Date
September 29, 1949
Guest Stars
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
A
Alfred Jodl
Self (archive footage)
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Walter Bedell Smith
Self (archive footage)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
O
Omar N. Bradley
Self (archive footage)