Destruction and Despair: The Tragedies of 1944 I SLICE HISTORY, FULL DOCUMENTARY

From the middle of 1944, the Second World War takes on apocalyptic proportions in all its theaters. On the islands of the Pacific, thousands of Japanese civilians plunge to their deaths from the cliffs during the battles between their own and US troops. In desperate kamikaze attacks, Japanese pilots try to turn the tide of the hopeless war. In Europe, the courageous uprising of the Polish resistance army is bloodily crushed by the Germans with mass murders of the civilian population and the complete destruction of Warsaw. As they retreated before the Red Army, the Wehrmacht left scorched earth in its wake, devastating entire regions without restraint. Neither the Volkssturm (People s Storm) launched by Goebbels nor the final offensive in the Ardennes could stop the fall of the Third Reich. Documentary: On the Edge of the Abyss EP10: Scorched Earth Directed by: Nina Adler, Hendrik Behrendt Production: Spiegel TV , documentary, freedocumentary, history, war, france, usa, germany, japan, w