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The Great Challenge
Spring 1944: the Allies want to put an end to Hitler's domination of Western Europe. In England, the troops are secretly training for an amphibious operation. The weather forces the commanders to postpone the operation.
Writing:
- Isabelle Clarke
- Daniel Costelle
Release Date:
Wed, Jun 05, 2024
Country: FR
Language: Fr
Runtime: 53
Country: FR
Language: Fr
Runtime: 53
Mathieu Kassovitz
Narrator (voice)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Season 1:
Spring 1944: the Allies want to put an end to Hitler's domination of Western Europe. In England, the troops are secretly training for an amphibious operation. The weather forces the commanders to postpone the operation.
On 6 June 1944, the Allied armada launched an assault on the Normandy coast. After a day of unrest, the Normandy coastline was in the hands of the Allies. The operation was repeated in Provence, and caught the Germans in a vice-like grip.