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The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

  • Documentary
  • War

June 6, 2019 (US)

0h 44m

On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of ships reached the French coast of Normandy as part of an Allied operation to take back France from the Germans. For the next 85 days, U.S., British, and Canadian soldiers engaged in conflicts of unimaginable violence, conquering and li...

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