Crusade in Europe

Season 1, Episode 22

Episode Title: Overrunning Germany

Air Date: 1949-09-29

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.