Berlin stands as a living testament to Europe's modern history. The scars of its Nazi past, Allied and Soviet destruction, and post-war political divide remain etched on its landscape, making it an archaeological site of historical significance.

During the Second World War, Le Havre was ravaged in a few days by British bombers, then liberated by Canadian soldiers in September 1944. After the war, the city becomes the symbol of reconstruction in France.

In 1939, Adolf Hitler is obsessed with wiping Warsaw off the map. The Polish capital is methodically ravaged by the Germans and the destruction is almost irreversible.