D-Day to Berlin

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday 3 June
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The Struggle to Break Out

Season 1 Episode 1 of 3

Sean Bean narrates a three-part docu-drama charting the campaign waged by Allied forces toward the end of the Second World War which culminated in the final conquest of Hitler's Reich. He begins with an account of the decisive struggle to break out from the Normandy beach-head in June 1944 and advance across Europe, drawing on the memories of those who fought on both sides, and charts the growing tension between American and British commanders Dwight D Eisenhower and General Montgomery

D-Day to Berlin airs on U&Yesterday at 4:00 PM, Wednesday 3 June. (Subtitles.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Sean Bean
Narrator
Andrew Williams
Series Producer
Laurence Rees
Executive Producer