This episode presents a documentary that provides an hour-by-hour account of the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, recalling the first 24 hours of the beachhead and the harrowing weeks preceding the largest military landing in history. The program includes footage of D-Day not previously seen in the U.S., such as captured German film and reels of the French underground waging guerrilla warfare. With footage of Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery, Charles de Gaulle and Omar Bradley, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Name | Type | Role | |
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Malvin Wald | Writer | ||
Mel Stuart | Director |