While millions rejoiced across a devastated Europe as the guns finally fell silent on VE Day, British paratrooper Peter Belcher was witnessing the worst of Nazi Germany at a concentration camp.

On June 6, 1944, Allied paratroopers from the 101st Airborne dropped into chaos behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France. Among them was one soldier who would live to tell a truly remarkable story.

British paratrooper Peter Belcher was witnessing the worst of Nazi Germany at a concentration camp. He was already a veteran of the D-Day landings and the Battle of the Bulge, but the worst was ...