CC&C - Apocalypse D-Day (2024)
WEB-DL | 1920x1080 | .MKV/AVC @ 3355 Kbps | 2x~51min | 2.52 GiB
Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
June 6, 1944. The Allies land on the beaches of France in an unprecedented invasion. Their goal: to liberate northwestern Europe from Hitler's yoke and Nazi occupation. Drawing on the lessons learned from the Dieppe Raid of August 1942, and bolstered by the Provence landings of August 1944, the mission is a spectacular success: the Allies have managed to overcome their political differences, surmount logistical difficulties, and conduct an operation with unprecedented military stakes
How did the Normandy landings unfold? Would the outcome of World War II have been the same if Allied troops had not succeeded on D-Day? Troops from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and France, among others, attacked the German army on the coast of northern France. How did authorities, soldiers, and civilians experience this turning point in history both before and after D-Day?
80 years later, the documentary narrates with unpublished black and white images converted to color, one of the largest military operations in history involving naval, air and land forces.
Written & Directed by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle ; CC&C Production with CNC, TV5 Monde, RTBF, VRT, SVT, Mediawan Thematics, Toute l'Histoire and France Televisions
Narrated by Nathan Rippy
1. The Great Challenge:
Spring 1944: At his headquarters in southern England, General Dwight Eisenhower oversees preparations for the most colossal amphibious operation in history. Capitalizing on the gaps in the spectacular Atlantic Wall, erected at Hitler's request, the Allies hope to finally defeat the Reich. The assault is being prepared with all the more meticulous care, as the failure of the first raid on Dieppe in 1942 has taught us many lessons. In addition to drastic training, it is crucial to maintain the secrecy of the expedition: enormous ingenuity and colossal resources are deployed to deceive the enemy with diversionary maneuvers. Hundreds of thousands of American, British, Canadian, and French soldiers are discreetly transported to the ports of departure, while on French soil the Resistance prepares the ground. On June 4, when everything was ready for D-Day, an urgent setback forced Eisenhower to cut short the launch of the operation: the weather was bad, the landing had to be postponed…
2. The Great Assault
June 6, 1944: A providential lull has been spotted by the British meteorological team, and General Eisenhower finally gives the go-ahead for the largest landing operation of all time. On the Normandy coast, German sentries watch in amazement as the Allied armada approaches: their calm leader, Rommel, has gone on leave. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword, the five landing beaches are approached at dawn by successive assault waves. Despite the element of surprise and the firepower deployed, the determination of the German response inflicts heavy losses on the Allies. It is at Omaha Beach that the Americans pay the heaviest price: 90% of the first landings lose their lives in a few minutes… At the end of a day of turmoil, the first objective is reached and the coast is in Allied hands. It was now a question of liberating the rest of the country: two months after D-Day, the first French army, supported by the Americans, landed in Provence to take the routed Germans in a pincer movement and link up with the troops coming from Normandy.
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