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Al Murray's Road to Berlin: Crossing the Rhine
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- Al Murray recounts the story of Operation Plunder, the Allies' plan to breach the Rhine and advance on Berlin during the Second World War
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- Crossing the Rhine
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- Duration:
- 04:44
- Summary:
- Al Murray recounts the story of Operation Plunder, the Allies' plan to breach the Rhine and advance on Berlin during the Second World War
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- Liberating Paris
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- Duration:
- 01:19
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- Al Murray describes the celebration on the Champs-Elysees after the liberation of Paris from four years of Nazi occupation
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- VE Day
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- Duration:
- 02:13
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- The road from D-Day to Berlin was bitter and bloody, but when the Allies entered the Reichstag, it was clear the downfall of the Third Reich was complete
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- D-Day 02
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- Duration:
- 05:27
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- D-Day was the biggest seaborne invasion of all time, and began the epic 1,000 mile march of the Allies to the heart of Hitler's Reich
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- D-Day 03
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- Duration:
- 04:00
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- Al Murray tells the story of the attack on the German battery at Melville, and how it was almost a disaster
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- D-Day 04
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- Duration:
- 05:19
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- Al Murray is aboard a landing craft heading for the Normandy coast to relive an Allied soldier's experience on D-Day
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- Operation Market Garden 01
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- Duration:
- 04:35
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- At the age of 80, one veteran from Operation Market Garden is ready to parachute into France to relive his wartime experience on the 60th anniversary jump
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- Operation Market Garden 02
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- Duration:
- 03:11
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- In September 1944 the Allies came up with a plan to end the war by Christmas - but the Germans weren't simply going to roll over
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- Operation Market Garden 03
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- Duration:
- 03:52
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- The failure of Operation Market Garden was rooted in the plans being drawn up when the Allies were feeling overconfident
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- D-Day 01
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- Duration:
- 05:00
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- The aim of the D-Day operation was to land over 150,000 allied troops on the coast of Normandy, but the plan was also made up of smaller, more complex missions
- Al Murray's Road to Berlin
- Operation Market Garden 04
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- Duration:
- 02:51
- Summary:
- Al Murray describes the events which signalled the failure of Operation Market Garden, the plan to capture the bridge at Arnhem
