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This program examines recently reconnaissance photographs taken during the battles that followed the Normandy Landings on June 6 1944. It concentrates specifically upon ‘Operation Cobra’, the move masterminded by US Army General Omar Bradley to break out from the Normandy area. It also recounts the key moments, strategy and course of this dramatic breakout. Reconnaissance photographs, interviews with those who participated, as well as the input of expert historians, enable a deep look at this decisive moment of WWII.

Production Year : 2006

Language : English

Secrets That Won World War II - What Really Happened to Rommel?

Based solely on archive footages and photography, each episode in this BBC documentary series focuses in on a key topic of world war two from D-Day to Stalingrad to Germany's "secret weapons". This episode tells of Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), German Fieldmarshal. He was nicknamed the 'Desert Fox' and highly decorated by Hitler. However, Rommel was not in sympathy with the Nazi party and may have been involved in the plot to kill Hitler. Did the legendary German General commit suicide or was he murdered?

Director : Jonathan Martin

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 53

Language : English