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Secrets of the NazisThanks to the American landing in June 1944, the Allies were certain to end the war before Christmas. This optimism led them to make strategic mistakes, and sometimes to retreat in the face of the Wehrmacht's fierce resistance. When winter came, the enemy may have been weakened, it was far from being dead.

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Secrets of the NazisThanks to the American landing in June 1944, the Allies were certain to end the war before Christmas. This optimism led them to make strategic mistakes, and sometimes to retreat in the face of the Wehrmacht's fierce resistance. When winter came, the enemy may have been weakened, it was far from being dead.Restart available0WWII War DiariesIn this third film of the series, '1941', see how Adolf Hitler increased the Nazi stranglehold on Europe, while Winston Churchill inspired the people of Britain to stand together as the nightly Luftwaffe bombing raids were extended to include the nation's vital ports, as well as the capital, London.

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