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D-Day to Berlin

Episode 1: The Struggle to Break Out

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Drama-documentary narrated by Sean Bean about the decisive struggle to break out of the D-Day beachhead and advance across Normandy to begin the defeat of Hitler's Third Reich. The programme draws on the memories of those from both sides involved in the close fighting that summer, and carefully researched drama scenes chart the growing tensions between Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery. Show less

Contributors

Narrator:
Sean Bean
Series Producer:
Andrew Williams
Executive Producer:
Laurence Rees

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