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D-Day the Soldiers' Story - Season 1

Series: D-Day the Soldiers' Story
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Episodes
2
Rating
NR
Year
2024
Language
English
Publisher
3DD Entertainment Ltd.

About

Giles Milton travels to the beaches of Normandy and locations in the UK to relive the events of the largest seaborne invasion in history. He meets 100-year-old war veteran William Gladden, who served as a paratrooper.

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Episodes

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1. D-Day the Soldiers' Story Ep1

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Giles Milton visits the key D-Day sites along the Normandy coastline including Omaha Beach and Pegasus Bridge. We hear the stories of the men and women on both the attacking and defensive lines from undercover spies to radio operators to those manning the machine gun nests. We also visit the beach of Morfa Bychan in West Wales to see where the Allies built replica defences for their invading army to do practice runs of the greatest seaborne invasion in history.

2. D-Day the Soldiers' Story Ep 2

44m

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Giles Milton guides us round the critical locations in Normandy where the D-Day invasion proved successful on June 6th 1944. From the gliders who silently went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals to soldiers who ran the gauntlet of machine gun fire and mortar fire on the beaches. We hear from local experts as well as 100 year old veteran Trooper William Gladden who was part of the airborne assault which captured the vital Normandy bridges during the might that helped win D-Day.

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Artists

Lyndy Savilledirector
Giles Miltonactor

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