The Story of the D-Day Landings
The Story of the D-Day Landings
The Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region
The Story of the D-Day Landings airs on Sky History 2 at 8:35 AM, Sunday 16 November.
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