Wwii: Battles In Colour, Barbarossa

Witness the extraordinary military success of the Blitzkrieg campaign, captured through rare combat footage and first-hand accounts in colour.

In 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a savage attack on the Soviet Union. Witness Hitler's dream to conquer Moscow through newly colourised film.

Through newly colourised footage, enter the heart of the War of the Mediterranean as the fate of North Africa was contested during the battle of El Alamein.

Hitler's plan for European domination led his new generation of tanks to the Soviet town of Kursk in July 1943. Witness extraordinary colourised footage of the battle.

Rewind to the US Army's largest and bloodiest conflict of World War II: The Battle of the Bulge. Venture through the battle in newly colourised footage.

In the waning days of the war in Europe, the Soviets march into Germany. The Nazis take their final stand as they defend the capital of the Third Reich - Berlin.