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Break-through (1944)

Break-through poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
11 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This short documentary shows the Allied military push into Nazi Germany during World War Two. It uses archival footage to explain the strategy and progress of the attack on Fortress Europe.

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What happens

Break-through is an 11-minute 1944 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. The film documents the attack on Fortress Europe during the Second World War and the advance of Allied forces to the borders of Nazi Germany. Break-through was produced by James Beveridge. The film's French version title is L'assaut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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