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Special Invasion (7mins)

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    • Special Invasion (7mins)

      This includes commentary over actual footage of aerial attacks on Hitler's West Wall coastal defences before and after D-Day. Dramatic scenes include the shooting down of a Luftwaffe plane, the destruction of coastal defences, carpet-bombing and allied weapons and other supplies being brought ashore by tanks and trucks. The end sequence features shots of Admiral Ramsey (in charge Naval Operations) on deck, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, General Montgomery, General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill.

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    Size: 36.8 MB

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