Episode 5 - The Future Takes Shape:
As 1945 drew to an end, the world was to change shape forever. Millions of people are forced to move as borders were redrawn and new occupying governments installed. By November The Nuremberg trials have started and the victors have set about ensuring there will be no third world war. By December 1945 America and Russia are on the brink of a new, cold war.

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.