Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest - but by mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the Pacific, after weeks of desperate fighting, Iwo Jima is secured, and American bombers begin a full-fledged air assault of Japan.
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
Victory in Europe seems imminent.
On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
