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D.DAY to Germany 1944-45
The Struggle to Break Out
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Last broadcast yesterday, 23:20 on BBC Two.
SYNOPSIS
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.
CREDITS
Key talentSean Bean
BROADCAST
Mon 1 Jun 200923:20BBC Two
Allies at War
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SYNOPSIS
Drama-documentary narrated by Sean Bean about the decisive struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. By the end of August 1944, Hitler's armies were in headlong retreat to the borders of the Reich, but the Allied advance was threatened that autumn by a long and bitter battle fought in the conference chamber - for the right to direct the final assault on Germany.
Allies at War tells the story of the behind-the-scenes battles over strategy that threatened to drive a wedge in the Anglo-American alliance. The damaging personality and policy clashes between the Supreme Commander, the American Dwight D Eisenhower, and the commander of British forces in the field, Field Marshal Montgomery.
Those who fought tell of the desperate allied struggle to capture the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem, and of the terrible winter battles in the Bulge when Hitler's armies threatened to turn allied victory into defeat.
CREDITS
Key talentSean BeanProducerAndrew WilliamsExecutive ProducerLaurence Rees
BROADCAST
Tue 2 Jun 2009
The Dream That Died
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Tomorrow, 23:20 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue))
SYNOPSIS
Drama-documentary series narrated by Sean Bean about the struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. With British and American armies poised to cross the Rhine and Soviet forces advancing towards Berlin, victory seemed certain and the Allies were planning a new Europe based on liberty and democracy. This edition draws on the memories of those who fought and on reconstructions to tell the story of the last desperate battles inside Germany and of how the dream of a new Europe crumbled in the ruins of Hitler's Reich.
On 16 April 1945 the Soviets began their final assault on Berlin and fourteen days later Hitler was dead. But even before the victory celebrations were over, a new chill gripped the alliance. A new European order had emerged, but it was dominated by another dictator - the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
CREDITS
Key talentSean BeanDirectorMartina HallProducerMartina HallExecutive ProducerLaurence Rees
BROADCASTS
Wed 3 Jun 200923:20BBC Two (except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue))
Wed 3 Jun 200923:50BBC Two (Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) only)
NEXT ON:
Tomorrow, 23:20 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue))
SYNOPSIS
Drama-documentary series narrated by Sean Bean about the struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. With British and American armies poised to cross the Rhine and Soviet forces advancing towards Berlin, victory seemed certain and the Allies were planning a new Europe based on liberty and democracy. This edition draws on the memories of those who fought and on reconstructions to tell the story of the last desperate battles inside Germany and of how the dream of a new Europe crumbled in the ruins of Hitler's Reich.
On 16 April 1945 the Soviets began their final assault on Berlin and fourteen days later Hitler was dead. But even before the victory celebrations were over, a new chill gripped the alliance. A new European order had emerged, but it was dominated by another dictator - the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
CREDITS
Key talentSean BeanDirectorMartina HallProducerMartina HallExecutive ProducerLaurence Rees
BROADCASTS
Wed 3 Jun 200923:20BBC Two (except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue))
Wed 3 Jun 200923:50BBC Two (Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) only)
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