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This program examines the crucial role tanks played during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June, 1944, and beyond, with a special look at the heavy British Churchill AVRE and the amphibious Sherman Duplex Drive tanks.
James Holland moves beyond the D-Day beaches to reassess the brutal 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed the invasion. Challenging some of the many myths that have grown up around this vital campaign, Holland argues
Take to the skies as Allied forces use air power to change the course of World War II. The B-24 bomber was among the greatest weapons in the U.S. arsenal, and it was used to devastating effect in the Normandy campaign. R
Gold Beach is the story of the highly successful assault by 50th Northumbrian Division and 231 Malta Bde on the central beach of the Allied D day landings. The beach was one of the 2 extra beaches that Montgomery had ad
69 Infantry Brigade had a highly successful landing and now had to fight its way through German defences to its objectives eight miles away. It was here that the veteran warrior, Sergeant Major Stan Hollis, continued the
The Normandy Invasion: See the planning and execution of the most famous battle in modern history, filmed as it occurred by U.S. Coast Guard cameramen, from the massing of thousands of ships and men to the ultimate vict
The first major operation for the 101st US Airborne Division was the airborne landing in Normandy on June 5, 1944. The objective was to parachute 6,700 soldiers behind German lines to weaken the defenses for the planned
National Geographic: the Boys of Normandy-60 Years after D-Day
Former President Eisenhower goes through the decisions and actions of D-Day with Walter Cronkite.
With this installment of the series, viewers are led on a fascinating tour of some of France's most scenic regions while enjoying Chopin's piano concertos. Stops include a visit to the medieval Benedictine Abbey on Mont
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded conversations with him about his life, his work, and his other passion
The most implacable opponents of the British and Canadians fighting in Normandy were the largely teenage soldiers of the Hitlerjugend. From D+1 through to attacking back into the Falaise Pocket, this unique division cons
World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.