Crusade in Europe

Season 1, Episode 14: D-Day

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Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one hundred Allied ships bring the men and equipment across the Channel. Gliders bring more firepower to the paratroops. Allied warships duel with the German coastal guns. American, British and Canadian troops make their landings against heavy German fire. Three thousand Americans are killed, wounded or missing on Omaha Beach that day. But the beachhead is secure and the Allied push inland.

All Episodes - Season 1

Prelude to War
Episode 1
Prelude to War
 America's Unpreparedness
Episode 2
America's Unpreparedness
 America Goes to War
Episode 3
America Goes to War
 Platform for Invasion
Episode 4
Platform for Invasion
 Africa: Our First Offensive
Episode 5
Africa: Our First Offensive
 The Campaign
Episode 6
The Campaign
 Rommel Routed
Episode 7
Rommel Routed
 Sicily: Operation Husky
Episode 8
Sicily: Operation Husky
 Assault on Italy
Episode 9
Assault on Italy
 Rise and Fall of a Dictator
Episode 10
Rise and Fall of a Dictator
 The G.I: Hero of the War
Episode 11
The G.I: Hero of the War
 Victory in Italy
Episode 12
Victory in Italy
 Preparation for Invasion
Episode 13
Preparation for Invasion
 D-Day
Episode 14
D-Day
 Beachhead and Breakthrough
Episode 15
Beachhead and Breakthrough
 Liberation of Paris
Episode 16
Liberation of Paris
 Pursuit
Episode 17
Pursuit
 The Battle of Supply
Episode 18
The Battle of Supply
 The Air War
Episode 19
The Air War
 The Battle of the Bulge
Episode 20
The Battle of the Bulge
 Crossing the Rhine
Episode 21
Crossing the Rhine
 Overrunning Germany
Episode 22
Overrunning Germany
 Victory's Aftermath
Episode 23
Victory's Aftermath
 American Military Government
Episode 24
American Military Government
 Russia
Episode 25
Russia
 Review
Episode 26
Review
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