The graves -- The dust bowl. The West ; Off to war -- Italy. Sicily ; The race for Messina ; Mountain country -- Anzio. Danger ahead ; Hell broke loose ; A blood-dimmed tide ; The Battle of the Caves ; Crossing the line ; The bitch-head ; The breakout ; Rome -- France. Day 401 ; The Champagne Campaign ; The Vosges -- Germany. Black December ; The breaking point ; Defeat ; The river ; The Siegfried Line ; Cassino on the Main ; Downfall -- The heart of darkness. The day of the Americans ; The hounds of hell ; The coal yard ; The Linden incident ; The long day closes -- Last battles. The last days ; Victory in Europe ; Peace breaks out ; The last battle

The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. The battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe; from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau