Part I of a two part documentary, chronicling the last year of the war in the European theater, from the D-Day Landings in Normandy in June 1944 to Nazi Germany's surrender in May 1945. This film traces the very last months of World War II in Europe, following the military leaders and the battles they fought, but also giving voice to the forgotten: The foot soldiers, the civilians, the women and the children, scarred by unspeakable hardship and looking to better times.