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Sixty years after he covered the aftermath of World War II, Walter
Cronkite returns to key European locations, tracing the complex and
changing relationship between the United States and England and
exploring the dramatic shifts of the Cold War from the end of the
war up to the present.
Sixty years after he covered the aftermath of World War II, Walter
Cronkite returns to key European locations to recall his dispatches
from London as the city launched its massive rebuilding initiative,
from Nuremberg as war criminals were held accountable in gripping
criminal trials and from Berlin as the city became the icon of
post-war politics. This program details the successful launch and
execution of the Marshall Plan - America's expansive commitment to
re-build Europe at the end of the war. Cronkite traces the complex
and changing relationship between the United States and England and
explores the dramatic shifts of the Cold War from the end of the
war up to the present.