D-Day - Codename Overlord DVD

It is first light on the 6th of June 1944 D-Day. On this day the Allies launched the largest combined land air and sea operation ever from Southern England to liberate Europe from Hitler and Nazi oppression. Code-named Overlord the entire operation was a tremendous gamble. The element of surprise was paramount and through a tangle of intrigue the German high command was led to believe the invasion would occur not at Normandy but at Calais only twenty miles from England across the narrow strait of Dover. This DVD collection tells the compelling story of the Normandy... Invasion and includes rare color footage from the George Stevens Collections at the Library of Congress. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Atlantic Wall 2. Operation Bodyguard 3. The Air Campaign 4. Atlantic Convoy 5. Pre-Invasion Training 6. Exercise Plus Six 7. Operation Neptune 8. Airborne Operation 9. Preparation By Fire 10. The Run To Shore 11. The American Sector 12. The British Sector 13. The Glider Landings 14. Foothold On the Continent 15. The Mulberries 16. The Hedgerows 17. V-1 Attacks 18. Operation Cobra 19. Allies Strike Out From Beachhead 20. British Pound Caen Sector 21. Counter-attack At Mortain 22. The Falaise Pocket 23. Four Fronts 24. Allies Break Through 25. Battle For France 26. Battle For Paris 27. Liberation Of Paris 28. Gateway To Victory 29. The Paris Story 30. Allies Smash Nazi Army [show more]

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