Episode 1 - The Beginning of the End:
Examines the controversial military decisions and the behind the scenes scheming that characterize the first two months of 1945. In January, the western Allies suffer a major military set-back. On the Eastern Front the Red Army launches one of the biggest military offensives in history. During February German cities are being pulverized by British bombers.

1945 - THE YEAR THAT CHANGE THE WORLD:
In the final moments of world war Two, the Allies were determined to inflict total defeat on their enemies, at any cost. But following Victory the big three, Britain, America and Russia, fought each other for supremacy.

This definitive 5-part series covers the conflicts in the final days of the war on both the European and Pacific fronts. The shape of the world we live in today is the legacy of events that took place in 1945.