06-jun-2014
DURATION: 1 HOUR
As veterans gather to relive one of the turning points of the Second World War, historian James Holland moves beyond the D-Day beaches to reassess the brutal 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed the invasion.
Challenging some of the many myths that have grown up around this vital campaign, Holland argues that we have become too comfortable in our understanding of events, developing shorthand to tell this famous story that does great injustice to those that saw action in France across the summer of 1944.
Including perspectives from those who fought on both sides, Holland examines not only the nature of the fighting and the higher aims of the campaign, but also the operational level - the nuts and bolts - and in so doing reveals the true complexity of this bitter and bloody battle.
This story is about the challenge for both sides to adapt to conditions in a campaign of carnage that has rarely been acknowledged.
More than just well trodden tales of heroic struggle, it is also the story of two competing military doctrines: one ill-prepared for the organisational demands of a long battle, the other in the process of building the greatest military machine ever seen.
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zondag 8 juni 2014
D-Day 70 - The heroes remember
BBC 2, 06-jun-2014
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Highlights of the day's events in Normandy commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Huw Edwards presents from the tiny town of Arromanches, overlooking the beaches of Normandy, where senior members of the British royal family joined other heads of state and veterans from all nations to pay tribute to the thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives on 6 June 1944 and in the days and weeks that followed in the Battle for Normandy.
The morning saw an emotional and poignant service held at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bayeux, and the afternoon held perhaps the most moving tribute of the day when thousands of British veterans came together to hold a special service of remembrance to pay their respects to the men they fought alongside 70 years ago.
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Highlights of the day's events in Normandy commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Huw Edwards presents from the tiny town of Arromanches, overlooking the beaches of Normandy, where senior members of the British royal family joined other heads of state and veterans from all nations to pay tribute to the thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives on 6 June 1944 and in the days and weeks that followed in the Battle for Normandy.
The morning saw an emotional and poignant service held at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Bayeux, and the afternoon held perhaps the most moving tribute of the day when thousands of British veterans came together to hold a special service of remembrance to pay their respects to the men they fought alongside 70 years ago.
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