D-Day: Code Name Overlord DVD 1998 A normandiai Partraszállás I. rész / Documentary about D-Day Part 1 / Directed by Lanny Lee

UPC 5999543814005

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

RUN TIME: 90 minutes

English Summary:

From the search to find the appropriate landing site, the planning of the landing, its execution and aftermath, this is the complete story.

Code named Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Nazi occupied Europe was a meticulously planned and jealously guarded secret in which the outcome was by no means certain. The Nazi's expected the assault and Germany's defensive position on the headlands of Normandy, the so-called Atlantic Wall, was a formidable obstacle to success. For the plan to succeed, the Allies first had to convince the Germans that the attack would come at Pas de Calais and then secretly launch the largest invasion in the history of warfare. The deception worked and on the morning of June 6, 1944, the Allies hurled more than 150,000 men and thousands of ships, aircraft and vehicles against the heavily fortified German defenses. Despite enormous losses, the invasion proved successful and gave the Allies a tremendous victory and a long sought after foothold on the continent. This 2 DVD set from TMG tells the complete story of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Paris. With newsreel footage, rare photographs, veteran's interviews and comments from WWII historians, we take you inside D-Day, the end for Nazi Germany.

Hungarian Summary:

A D-Nap 1944 Június 6-án hajnalban kezdődött. A Szövetségesek ezen a napon addig soha nem látott méretű összehangolt légi, szárazföldi és tengeri támadást indítottak el Dél-Angliából a Hitler és a nácik által leigázott Európa felszabadítására. Az Overlord fedőnevű hajárat hatalmas vállalkozás volt. A meglepetés ereje döntő fontosságú volt. Ügyes cselszövéssel hagyták, hogy a német vezérkar azt higgye, a partraszállás nem Normandiában lesz, hanem Calais-nál alig 50 km-re Angliától, a Doveri-szorosban.

II. Fejezet / Chapter 3: Partraszállás (folytatás) / The invasion (continued)

IIII Fejezet / Chapter 4: A kitörés / The breakout

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day).