Overview

6 June 1944. A titanic fleet launched an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Objective: to liberate Europe from Hitler's yoke. Drawing on the lessons learned from the Dieppe raid in August 1942, the mission was a spectacular success.

Created by Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle

Network

• France 2

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Mathieu Kassovitz

  Narrator (voice)

  2 eps

• 

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Self (archive footage)

  2 eps

• 

  Winston Churchill

  Self (archive footage)

  2 eps

• 

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Self (archive footage)

  2 eps

Themes

• world war ii
• d-day
• invasion of normandy

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