D-day.
There is grim news from the beaches of Normandy on this sixth day of June 1944. General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe has just issued his communiqué. "Now landings have failed. I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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New York, NY :
A & E Television Networks,
1998.
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| Series: | Eye on history
World history in video |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | There is grim news from the beaches of Normandy on this sixth day of June 1944. General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe has just issued his communiqué. "Now landings have failed. I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone". General Eisenhower actually wrote those words on June 5th, 1944. Preparing for the worst as he hoped for the best in the next day's storming of fortress Europe. The story of how close to disaster the D-Day invasion came has never been fully told. How could the stories of the Allied fighting men, who moved against the Normandy beaches on that fateful day ever be known in all their heart-wrenching detail? The nearest we can get is to listen to those who shared that historic longest day. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 22, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (45 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:45:08 |