After the War: Conquering Germany

After the War: Conquering Germany — Plot

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, an absorbing examination of the events that followed. 1945: Germany is beaten but the struggle for the country's soul is only just beginning. First-hand testimony re-creates the experiences, both traumatic and triumphant, of occupiers and occupied in the long reconstruction process. Including mass rapes by Allied troops, the British Army's launch of a motor manufacturer that became a German success story and the soldiers who profited hugely on the black market.

• Release date
• August 16, 2005
• Runtime
• 89 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History, War
• Director
• Julian Hendy

After the War: Conquering Germany — Cast

Samuel West Narrator