该片是首部全景式展现中国人民14年抗战艰辛历程的纪录电影。它深刻铭记了80年前，中国人民经过长达14年艰苦卓绝的浴血奋战，打败了穷凶极恶的日本军国主义侵略者，取得了中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利。作为纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年的重点作品，影片以线性叙事还原1931年至1945年间，从民族危机到团结抗争的历史脉络，深刻讲述一个国家和民族长达14年的救亡图存史。
《天涯芬芳》讲述战争年代中国闽侨为代表的华人如何支援抗战的故事。杨子寒与刘玉茹为爱私奔南洋，在异国他乡协助阿杉叔开办茶行。恰逢国内抗日战争爆发，他们与南洋华人筹措资金参与同乡会抗日活动及回国参战、期间牺牲亲情，爱情。
二战时期，日本的军国主义海军非常强大，在当时盛极一时，昭和9年四月，江田岛海军兵学校将培育优秀的海军航空士官，这一批士官参加了袭击珍珠港的事件，最后的冲绳之战中…
1945年在广西黔江红石滩上，曾发生过一场以少胜多、以弱胜强的战役，面对300多名的日军精锐，广西义勇军凭借红石滩天险设下“死亡陷阱”激战15小时，击毙120多名日军，狠狠地打击了日寇，极大鼓舞了当地民众的抗日斗志。
1939年冬，山东军区八路军某团被日军铁壁合围。特务连伤亡过半，强攻三大殿阵；以集结号为令，掩护主力突围，誓死不退。连长刘尚智带领48名战士绝地反击，与日军展开殊死搏斗，打退日军数次进攻，最终挫败日军阴谋；48名战士全部壮烈牺牲，无一生还。
战火撕裂温州，一对双胞胎走向殊途。叶宁沦为军国主义傀儡，叶清成长为游击神枪手。当血脉至亲阵前相向，家国大义与手足之情该如何取舍？影片以磅礴之势再现温州军民智勇抗争，直面人性裂变与牺牲抉择。一曲血火铸就的忠魂壮歌，警示和平可贵，国耻永铭！
一支红军探路小队，在侦查翻越长征途中第一座大雪山——夹金山时，与国民党军队展开搏杀。后遭遇山匪，一番激烈对峙后化敌为友。当探路任务完成之时，小队也解救出屠刀下的村民，同时也付出惨痛牺牲。最终，红军成功翻越夹金山！
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
故事发生在第二次世界大战的最后几个月，《战争之雾》告诉了受伤的美国飞行员吉恩和他的OSS特工未婚妻佩妮回到马萨诸塞州的一处偏远庄园，与佩妮的远房叔叔罗伯特住在一起的故事。在她不知情的情况下，OSS招募了吉恩来监视这个家庭和周围的社区，因为与D日入侵有关的绝密文件被盗，一名敌方内奸就在附近的某个地方，准备将这些计划移交给轴心国。
