70th anniversary commemorative edition of D-Day on DVD, 4 discs.
The 1944 Allied invasion of Western Europe, culminated from five years of armed struggle against the Axis juggernaut. But the odds seemed stacked against a successful storming of Hitler's awesome beach defences. To insure victory, the Allies convinced Hitler that the invasion would take place at Pas de Calais. Examine the elaborate system of hoax and deception devised by the Allies to trick the Nazis – including fake armies, dummy landing craft, and false intelligence.
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Operation Bodyguard: D-Day Deception
Operation Overlord, the 1944 Allied invasion of Western Europe, culminated from
five years of armed struggle against the Axis juggernaut. But the odds seemed
stacked against a successful storming of Hitler's awesome beach defences. To
insure victory, the Allies convinced Hitler that the invasion would take place
at Pas de Calais. Examine the elaborate system of hoax and deception devised by
the Allies to trick the Nazis -including fake armies, dummy landing craft, and
false intelligence.
D-Day The Total Story: D-1
The first of a three-part series on the Allied invasion of Normandy. This
segment focuses on the Allies' preparation for the big battle and how tensions
rose in the final hours before the assault on the beaches. Allied commanders
knew success depended on extensive training, new weapons, and most of all,
surprise.
D-Day The Total Story: H-Hour
The invasion of Europe was only a few minutes old when leaders realised it was
not going according to plan. Could the cunning and courage of the individual
soldiers, sailors, and airmen correct the mistakes of bad intelligence, human
error, and poor weather?
D-Day The Total Story: Breakout
Their backs to the sea, Allied armies struggle to break free of the beaches.
With German Panzers rushing up to reinforce defences, an all-out attack is the
Allies' only chance to head inland -and survive.
Eye on History: D-Day
Get a first-person story from some of the 175,000 men who fought into the jaws
of death on that fatal longest day. Gut-wrenching action and gripping on-camera
accounts from veterans and historians tell an epic saga as it has never been
told before.
D-Day, Omaha Beach: Eight Hours of Defeat
The Normandy invasion was an Allied victory, but at the Omaha sector a human
tragedy developed on June 6, 1944. The shocking losses, failures, and chaos in
the Omaha landings have been obscured. Mortar fire pounded men who were wading
ashore from boats grounded on sand bars; machine guns ripped apart those who
made the beach, and the water quickly took on a crimson colour. We trace the
landings on this deadly section of Normandy, and see how Omaha Beach became
Hell's Battlefield.
Suicide Missions of D-Day
On D-Day, small teams of specially trained soldiers and sailors were given
secret and dangerous missions at the vanguard of the assault. The Airborne
Pathfinders set up special radar beacons and lights to guide the main
Paratrooper Units to drop zones. The outnumbered British 9th Parachute Battalion
attacked a gun battery at Merville, a fortress said to be impenetrable. And Navy
combat Demolition Units came ashore in the first assault wave to clear obstacles
so invasion ships could land.
A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day
Through the use of recently unearthed reconnaissance photos that were taken
during the actual battle as well as in the days and weeks prior, and interviews
with the men on the ground; this documentary contributes a fresh look at the war
from men who encountered the terror of battle on the Omaha and Utah Beaches.