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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT WAS THE
TURNING POINT OF WORLD WAR II--
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{\an7}THREE MILLION SOLDIERS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF SHIPS, PLANES, AND TANKS,
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{\an7}A LOGISTICAL COMPLEXITY
\h\h\h\h\hUNPRECEDENTED
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{\an7}IN A MILITARY OPERATION.
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{\an7}THIS WAS THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hMORE THAN 75 YEARS
SINCE THE END OF THE WAR,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCERTAIN DETAILS
OF THIS TREMENDOUS BATTLE
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{\an7}HAVE GONE UNTOLD.
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{\an7}\h\h\hMan: VERY FEW PEOPLE
COULD TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS
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{\an7}IN JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND HOW THE BATTLE
FOR NORMANDY ACTUALLY ENDED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
NOW UNPUBLISHED ARCHIVES,
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{\an7}20 YEARS OF RESEARCH,
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{\an7}EXPERTS FROM THE UNITED STATES,
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE UK, AND CANADA
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRING TO LIFE
THE BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND REALITY
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{\an7}OF NORMANDY’S 85 DAYS OF HELL.
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{\an7}\h\hMan: LIBERATION HAS COME
TO NORMANDY, BUT SO HAS WAR.
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{\an7}Narrator: THREE MONTHS
\h\hOF SAVAGE COMBAT...
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{\an7}\h\h\hMan: IF WE CAN DESTROY
THE GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY,
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{\an7}THEN THE REST OF FRANCE
\h\h\h\hWILL BE SAVED.
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{\an7}Narrator: ...DURING WHICH
THE ALLIES AND THE GERMANS
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{\an7}WILL FIGHT MERCILESSLY.
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{\an7}\h\h\hMan: IT’S A BATTLEFIELD
WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEY DIE
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{\an7}AND WHERE THEY FIGHT
AND WHERE THEY KILL.
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{\an7}Man: FROM THE AVERAGE SOLDIER’S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPOINT OF VIEW,
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{\an7}THIS JUST SEEMS TO BE
A HOPELESS SITUATION.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}Man: IT WAS A VERY DIRTY BATTLE,
A SCHMUTZIGER BUSCHKRIEG,
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{\an7}A DIRTY BUSH WAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMan: EVERYONE PAID
A HECK OF A PRICE FOR THIS.
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{\an7}Narrator: D-DAY WAS
JUST THE BEGINNING.
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{\an7}JUNE 6th, 1944,
\hEARLY MORNING.
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{\an7}\hTHOUSANDS OF SHIPS
EMBARK FROM ENGLAND,
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{\an7}HEADED TO THE FRENCH COAST
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NORMANDY.
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{\an7}TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING,
IT’S AN ALLIED OPERATION
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{\an7}TO TAKE BACK FRANCE
\hFROM THE GERMANS.
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{\an7}THEY CALL IT OVERLORD.
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{\an7}John McManus: RARELY IN HISTORY
\h\h\h\h\hWILL YOU FIND A TIME
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{\an7}WHERE THESE MAJOR POWERS
\h\h\h\hARE ALL MOBILIZED
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{\an7}ALMOST TO THE FULL EXTENT
\h\h\h\hOF THEIR STRENGTH
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{\an7}TO HAVE THIS CONFRONTATION
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{\an7}\h\hOVER WHAT IS TO HAPPEN
WITH THE NORMANDY INVASION.
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{\an7}Narrator: ALLIED SOLDIERS
\h\hWILL FACE A TERRITORY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THE GERMANS
HAVE OCCUPIED FOR FOUR YEARS.
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{\an7}CAEN, CHERBOURG, SAINT-LÔ--
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{\an7}ALL THE GREAT CITIES OF NORMANDY
ARE UNDER NAZI CONTROL.
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{\an7}THE LANDING ZONE CHOSEN
\hIS 80 KILOMETERS LONG.
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{\an7}\hPLACED UNDER THE COMMAND
OF U.S. GENERAL EISENHOWER,
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{\an7}THE TROOPS WILL LAND
\h\hON FIVE SECTORS.
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{\an7}UTAH AND OMAHA BEACHES
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{\an7}\h\hWILL BE TAKEN
BY THE AMERICANS;
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{\an7}GOLD, JUNO, AND SWORD BEACHES
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{\an7}BY THE BRITISH AND CANADIANS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}AROUND 6:30 A.M.,
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{\an7}\h\hTHE FIRST WAVES OF ALLIED
SOLDIERS LAND ON FRENCH SOIL.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}DURING THE FIRST HOURS
\h\h\h\hOF THE LANDING,
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{\an7}THE ALLIES SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES
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{\an7}FROM THE ENTRENCHED
\hGERMAN DEFENSES.
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{\an7}\hBUT SOLDIERS AND ARMORED
VEHICLES CONTINUE TO LAND,
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{\an7}PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE ENEMY.
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{\an7}Antony Beevor: THE VITAL PART
\h\hOF ANY SEABORNE INVASION
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{\an7}\hLIKE OPERATION OVERLORD
WAS TO GET GROUND RAPIDLY
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{\an7}BECAUSE ONLY THEN COULD YOU
START TO PUSH BACK THE ENEMY
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{\an7}\h\hSO THAT THEY COULD NOT
KEEP FIRING AT THE BEACHES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: AFTER JUST ONE DAY,
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{\an7}THOUSANDS OF ALLIED SOLDIERS
\h\hHAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED,
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{\an7}BUT THE WIDE SCOPE
\h\hOF THE LANDING
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{\an7}HAS BEEN FATAL TO THE GERMANS.
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{\an7}THE FIRST PHASE OF OPERATION
\h\h\hOVERLORD IS COMPLETED.
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{\an7}SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
\hTHE LANDING ZONES,
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{\an7}THE ALLIES MUST NOW REGROUP THE
\hDIFFERENT UNITS ON THE GROUND.
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{\an7}McManus: YOU’VE GOT TO LINK UP
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHOSE FIVE BEACHES
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{\an7}AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
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{\an7}IF THEY’RE NOT LINKED UP,
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{\an7}\hTHEN THE GERMANS
CAN FILL THE GAPS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND CAN BEGIN
ATTACKING THE ALLIES
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{\an7}FROM ANY DIRECTION THEY WANT,
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{\an7}FROM WHAT MILITARY PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hCALL THE FLANKS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTom Cook:
EISENHOWER AND HIS GENERALS
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{\an7}NEEDED TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO PROTECT AGAINST
THE GERMAN COUNTERATTACK
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{\an7}THAT WOULD COME,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND, IN FACT,
THEY PREPARED FOR THAT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBeevor: THE PLAN
FOR SEALING OFF NORMANDY
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{\an7}WAS CALLED TRANSPORTATION,
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{\an7}AND THIS MEANT BOMBING
\h\hALL OF THE BRIDGES
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{\an7}OVER THE RIVER SEINE
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE EAST
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{\an7}AND OVER THE RIVER LOIRE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE SOUTH
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{\an7}SO THAT THE WHOLE OF THE NORMAN
\hAREA WAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF.
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{\an7}\hBUT ALSO IT MEANT SMASHING
HOUSES AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES
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{\an7}AT CRUCIAL CROSSROADS AND PLACES
TO PREVENT THE GERMANS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRINGING UP
REINFORCEMENTS AND SUPPLIES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THE AMERICAN PHRASE, WHICH HAD
\h\h\h\hBEEN INVENTED IN ITALY,
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{\an7}WAS CALLED PUTTING THE CITY
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE STREET,
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{\an7}\h\hWHICH BASICALLY MEANT
SIMPLY BLOCKING THE ROADS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO THAT TRAFFIC
COULD NOT GET THROUGH.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: EVEN BEFORE
THE FIGHTING STARTS INLAND,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNORMANDY
IS PARTIALLY DESTROYED--
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{\an7}NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY,
\h\h\h\h\hNO PHONE LINES.
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{\an7}\h\hAND NOW, AFTER TAKING
THE FIVE LANDING BEACHES,
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{\an7}THE ALLIES MUST ADVANCE,
\h\h\hWHATEVER THE COST,
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{\an7}TO PUSH THE GERMANS BACK
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{\an7}AND OCCUPY ENEMY TERRITORY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hTHE FIRST OBJECTIVE
OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY,
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{\an7}COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH
\h\hAND CANADIAN FORCES,
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{\an7}\h\h\hIS TO SEIZE
THE CITY OF CAEN,
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{\an7}LOCATED NEARLY 20 KILOMETERS
FROM SWORD AND JUNO BEACHES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON DAY 2,
MONTGOMERY IS CONVINCED
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT HE WILL SUCCEED
IN RAPIDLY CAPTURING CAEN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT FACING HIM
IS GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL,
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{\an7}\hKNOWN FOR HIS FEATS IN AFRICA
AND NICKNAMED "THE DESERT FOX."
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{\an7}ROMMEL MOBILIZES HIS MOST
POWERFUL ARMORED DIVISIONS
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{\an7}\hTO MEET THE BRITISH-CANADIAN
FORCES ADVANCING TOWARDS CAEN
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{\an7}AND BLOCK MONTGOMERY’S
\h\h\hALLIED OFFENSIVE.
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}\h\hTHE FIRST DAYS OF FIGHTING
NORTH OF CAEN ARE DEVASTATING.
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{\an7}THE PERFECTLY ORGANIZED
\h\h\h\hGERMAN DEFENSES
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{\an7}INVARIABLY REPEL ALL ENGLISH
\h\h\hAND CANADIAN ATTEMPTS.
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{\an7}FACING THE GERMAN MARK IV,
\hMARK V, AND TIGER TANKS,
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{\an7}THE AMERICAN SHERMAN TANKS
\h\h\h\hUSED BY THE ALLIES
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{\an7}ARE JUST NOT UP TO THE MARK.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcManus:
WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS
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{\an7}EVERY AMERICAN SHERMAN TANK
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{\an7}\hHAS TO BE SHIPPED
TO THE BATTLEFIELD,
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{\an7}SO IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO
\h\h\hPRODUCE SOMETHING
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{\an7}THAT’S REASONABLY LIGHT ENOUGH
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE ABLE TO SHIP
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{\an7}AND SMALL ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN
\h\h\h\h\hGET IT ON THE SHIP.
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{\an7}IT’S A REASONABLY GOOD TANK,
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{\an7}BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO BE
\hIN A TOE-TO-TOE BATTLE
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{\an7}WITH A GERMAN TANK HEAD-ON.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
33 TONS FOR THE SHERMAN.
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{\an7}\h\hMORE THAN 43 TONS
FOR THE GERMAN TANKS.
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{\an7}MORE ROBUST, WITH ARMOR SUPERIOR
TO THE AMERICANS’,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY DELIVERED
DEVASTATING CANNON POWER.
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{\an7}[BOOM]
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}McManus: THE MUZZLE VELOCITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THOSE TANKS
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{\an7}MEANT THAT IF IT HIT YOU,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT SHELL WAS GOING TO
PENETRATE YOUR ARMOR PROBABLY,
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY
\h\hALONG THE SIDES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND EITHER GO
STRAIGHT THROUGH OR WORSE,
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{\an7}RATTLE AROUND INSIDE
\h\h\h\hAND EXPLODE.
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{\an7}Narrator: WHILE THE BRITISH
\h\h\h\h\hAND THE CANADIANS
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{\an7}ARE DEFEATED ON THE EAST FLANK,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE AMERICANS START
ADVANCING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hGENERAL BRADLEY
COMMANDS THE TROOPS.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEIR FIRST OBJECTIVE IS
17 KILOMETERS FROM THE COAST--
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{\an7}THE SMALL TOWN OF CARENTAN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND ITS NETWORK
OF ROADS AND RAILWAYS.
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{\an7}McManus: CARENTAN
IS REALLY THE KEY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO SEAL OFF
THE COTENTIN PENINSULA
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{\an7}AND THEN CAPTURE CHERBOURG,
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{\an7}WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST
HARBOR IN NORMANDY.
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{\an7}BUT ALSO IN TANDEM WITH THAT,
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{\an7}YOU’RE GONNA START
\hMOVING SOUTHWARD
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{\an7}TOWARDS THE TOWN OF SAINT-LÔ.
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE 101st
AMERICAN AIRBORNE DIVISION
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{\an7}SURROUNDS CARENTAN
ON JUNE 9th, 1944.
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{\an7}[BOOM]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE FIGHTING,
RUTHLESS AND SAVAGE,
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{\an7}WOULD LAST FOUR DAYS
\h\hAND FOUR NIGHTS.
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{\an7}\h\h\hON JUNE 12th, CARENTAN
FALLS INTO AMERICAN HANDS...
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{\an7}[BLOWS WHISTLE]
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{\an7}...WITH HEAVY LOSSES
\h\h\hON BOTH SIDES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE ALLIES
HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL.
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{\an7}SIX DAYS AFTER THE LANDINGS,
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{\an7}ALL THE COALITION FORCES
\hARE FINALLY LINKED UP.
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{\an7}THE TROOPS OCCUPY A BEACHHEAD
\h\h\h\h\h80 KILOMETERS LONG,
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{\an7}REACHING AT CERTAIN POINTS
10 TO 30 KILOMETERS DEEP,
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{\an7}WHILE ON THE WEST SIDE,
\hTHE AMERICANS ADVANCE
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{\an7}TOWARDS CHERBOURG
\h\hAND SAINT-LÔ,
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{\an7}ON THE EAST SIDE,
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{\an7}\h\hTHE BRITISH AND CANADIANS
STILL CLASH WITH THE GERMANS,
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{\an7}WHO MAINTAIN THEIR POSITIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAROUND CAEN.
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{\an7}THESE REPEATED DEFEATS
\h\h\h\hPUT MONTGOMERY
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{\an7}IN A DIFFICULT POSITION
\hWITH THE U.S. COMMAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\hHE’S DESPERATE TO WIN
A FIRST IRREFUTABLE VICTORY
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{\an7}ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
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{\an7}ON JUNE 12th, HE ATTEMPTS
\hAN ENCIRCLEMENT MANEUVER
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{\an7}BY SKIRTING CAEN FROM THE WEST
TO TRAP THE GERMAN DIVISIONS.
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{\an7}THE 7th BRITISH ARMORED DIVISION
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{\an7}IS SENT TO THE SMALL TOWN
\h\h\hOF VILLERS-BOCAGE.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT THE GERMANS
ANTICIPATE THE MOVE
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{\an7}\h\hAND AMBUSH THE BRITISH
WITH A TIGER TANK BATTALION
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{\an7}COMMANDED BY MICHAEL WITTMANN,
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{\an7}\hTHE MOST IMPRESSIVE TANK
COMMANDER OF WORLD WAR II.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}ONE BY ONE, THE BRITISH TANKS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE DESTROYED.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hBeevor: THE FAILURE
TO CAPTURE VILLERS-BOCAGE
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{\an7}BY THE 7th ARMORED DIVISION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND XXX CORPS
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{\an7}DID IMPACT BADLY ON MORALE.
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{\an7}THEY JUST REALIZED THAT IT WAS
GOING TO BE A FAR TOUGHER JOB
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{\an7}\h\hTHAN THEY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT
OR IMAGINED WHEN THEY SET SAIL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: IN THESE CONDITIONS,
\hTAKING THE PORT OF CHERBOURG
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{\an7}BECOMES AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE ALLIES.
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{\an7}\hAFTER CAPTURING CARENTAN,
THE AMERICANS TAKE TEN DAYS
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{\an7}TO TRAVEL 50 KILOMETERS
\hAND REACH CHERBOURG.
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{\an7}THE 4th, 9th, AND 79th
\h\h\h\hU.S. DIVISIONS
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{\an7}FINALLY REACH THE CITY
\h\h\h\h\hON JUNE 21st.
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{\an7}THEY LAUNCH THE ATTACK
\h\hTHE FOLLOWING DAY.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
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{\an7}McManus: THREE U.S. DIVISIONS
\h\h\hARE ALL JUST ADVANCING
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{\an7}NORTH TOWARD CHERBOURG
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{\an7}AND TRYING TO GET INTO THE TOWN
\h\h\h\hAS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}Narrator: THE CITY IS DEFENDED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY 30,000 TROOPS
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{\an7}TRAPPED BY THE ALLIES.
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}McManus: THEY’RE DOOMED
BECAUSE THE ALLIED NAVY
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{\an7}FROM THE SEAWARD SIDE
\h\h\hCAN POUND THEM,
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{\an7}\hAND THEN THE AMERICAN ARMY
COMING FROM THE LANDWARD SIDE
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{\an7}\h\h\hCAN KINDA JUST
CATCH THEM IN A VISE.
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{\an7}\hSO, THE WHOLE THING
KIND OF JUST DEVOLVES
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{\an7}\h\hINTO THIS SORT OF
BLOCK BY BLOCK FIGHT.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS
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{\an7}BEFORE THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
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{\an7}\h\h\hDRIVE OUT ALL POCKETS
OF RESISTANCE IN THE CITY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON JUNE 26th,
THE GERMANS SURRENDER.
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{\an7}THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS
\hARE TAKEN PRISONER.
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{\an7}AFTER FOUR LONG YEARS
\h\h\hOF OCCUPATION,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCHERBOURG FINALLY
TASTES FREEDOM ONCE AGAIN.
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{\an7}[APPLAUSE]
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}McManus: CHERBOURG IS CERTAINLY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE BIGGEST CITY
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{\an7}\h\h\hAT THAT POINT
THAT IS LIBERATED.
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{\an7}THERE IS THIS LARGER
\h\hGERMAN SURRENDER,
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{\an7}AND THE ALLIES THEN HAVE IT.
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{\an7}AS AN AVERAGE SOLDIER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT STILL WASN’T
NECESSARILY YOUR TYPICAL DAY,
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{\an7}SO THOSE WHO WERE THERE,
\h\h\hSAY, AT CHERBOURG,
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{\an7}TENDED TO REMEMBER THAT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: DESPITE
THIS FIRST VICTORY IN CHERBOURG,
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{\an7}THE CASUALTIES AFTER THREE WEEKS
OF FIGHTING ARE STAGGERING.
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{\an7}\h\hTHOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN KILLED OR WOUNDED.
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{\an7}ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
\hTHE MEDICAL TEAMS
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{\an7}\h\h\hTRY TO INTERVENE
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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{\an7}THEY TRANSPORT BLOOD,
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{\an7}SET UP FIELD HOSPITALS.
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{\an7}A COMPLEX ORGANIZATION
\h\h\h\hIS ESTABLISHED
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{\an7}TO FOLLOW THE TROOPS
\h\hAS THEY ADVANCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN SPITE OF THE LOSSES,
THE ALLIES KEEP MOVING FORWARD
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{\an7}DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAFTER THE AMERICANS
TAKE CHERBOURG, THEY HEAD SOUTH.
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{\an7}THE NEXT ALLIED TARGET IS
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{\an7}LESS THAN 90 KILOMETERS AWAY--
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{\an7}THE CITY OF SAINT-LÔ.
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{\an7}BUT THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS FACE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
REGIONS FOR INFANTRY AND TANKS--
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{\an7}THE NORMANDY BOCAGE.
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{\an7}THE BOCAGE IS MADE UP
\hOF CULTIVATED FIELDS
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{\an7}SEPARATED BY DITCHES
\h\hAND EMBANKMENTS,
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{\an7}CANOPIED BY HEDGEROWS
\hSEVERAL METERS HIGH.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hMcManus: IT’S BASICALLY
A MAZE OF THESE HEDGEROWS,
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{\an7}MOST OF WHICH ARE ABOUT 8 FEET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO 13 FEET HIGH,
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{\an7}THAT THICK NORMAN SOIL,
\h\h\h\hCLAY-LIKE SOIL,
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{\an7}PACKED AROUND FENCES AND STONE
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{\an7}\hTHAT CERTAINLY INDIVIDUAL
SOLDIERS CAN’T GET THROUGH,
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{\an7}SO THE HEDGEROW OPENING
\hBECOMES A KILL ZONE.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: THE GERMANS HAD FOUR
YEARS TO PREPARE THEIR DEFENSE.
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{\an7}HEAVY MACHINE GUNS
\h\hWERE POSITIONED
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{\an7}IN THE CORNERS OF EACH FIELD.
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{\an7}MORTARS TARGET EVERY SPOT
\hTHE ALLIES MIGHT CROSS,
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{\an7}\h\hAND MINES HIDE
IN THEIR PATHWAYS.
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{\an7}WITH A VISIBILITY OF NO MORE
\h\hTHAN A COUPLE OF METERS,
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{\an7}THE AMERICANS ADVANCE BLINDLY.
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}UP AGAINST THE GERMANS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hDOZENS OF ALLIED SOLDIERS
DIE TAKING BACK A MERE MEADOW...
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}...OR A SINGLE HEDGE.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}\hMcManus: THE U.S. ARMY
FINDS ITSELF IN NORMANDY
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{\an7}IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOODBATH,
\h\h\h\h\hABSOLUTE BLOODBATH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDAY BY DAY,
HEDGEROW BY HEDGEROW,
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{\an7}\h\hCHOKE POINT TOWN
BY CHOKE POINT TOWN,
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{\an7}EVERY ONE OF THEM
\hWHERE YOU FIGHT,
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{\an7}\h\hYOU’RE GOING TO
SUFFER CASUALTIES.
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{\an7}FROM THE AVERAGE SOLDIER’S
\h\h\h\h\h\hPOINT OF VIEW,
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{\an7}THIS JUST SEEMS TO BE
A HOPELESS SITUATION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hYOU JUST KNOW
THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE
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{\an7}KIND OF THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN NORMANDY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: AS THE AMERICANS
\h\h\h\h\h\hTRY TO NAVIGATE
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{\an7}THE NORMANDY HEDGEROWS,
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{\an7}THE BRITISH AND CANADIANS
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{\an7}ARE STILL ATTEMPTING
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{\an7}TO BREAK THE GERMAN STRONGHOLD
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{\an7}AROUND THE CITY OF CAEN.
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{\an7}\hTHE BRITISH GENERAL MONTGOMERY
DECIDES TO CHANGE HIS OFFENSIVE.
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{\an7}HE LAUNCHES OPERATION CHARNWOOD.
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{\an7}ON JULY 7th, 467 ALLIED PLANES
311
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{\an7}\h\hDROP MORE THAN
2,500 TONS OF BOMBS
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{\an7}ON ENEMY-OCCUPIED AREAS
\h\h\h\h\hAROUND CAEN.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAFTER HAVING BEEN
HEAVILY BOMBED ON JUNE 6th,
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{\an7}THE CITY OF CAEN IS DECIMATED.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}ON JULY 9th, THE BRITISH
\h\hAND CANADIAN SOLDIERS
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{\an7}FINALLY ENTER THE CITY
\h\h\h\hFROM THE NORTH.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hCook: AS THE CANADIANS
AND BRITISH FOUGHT INTO CAEN,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHROUGH THE RUBBLE,
THEY SAW FRENCH CIVILIANS
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{\an7}WHO HAD SURVIVED THE BOMBING
324
00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,200
{\an7}BUT WHOSE FAMILY MEMBERS
\h\h\h\hHAD BEEN KILLED.
325
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{\an7}THEY TALKED ABOUT HEARING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE SCREAMS
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00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,920
{\an7}OF THE FRENCH CIVILIANS
\h\h\hWHO WERE TRAPPED.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT FOR
THE ALLIED COMMAND,
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{\an7}THE ANNIHILATION OF CAEN
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{\an7}\hAND THE THOUSANDS
OF CIVILIANS KILLED
330
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,480
{\an7}UNDER THE AMERICAN
AND BRITISH BOMBS
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00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,840
{\an7}WAS A NECESSARY EVIL--
332
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE PRICE TO PAY
IN WINNING THE BATTLE.
333
00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,120
{\an7}\h\hBeevor: IT’S ALWAYS HARD
TALKING ABOUT ENDS AND MEANS
334
00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,560
{\an7}AND WHAT JUSTIFIES WHAT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN WARFARE.
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{\an7}\h\hA MORAL DECISION WOULD BE
THAT THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS
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{\an7}IS, ALMOST BY DEFINITION,
\h\h\h\h\h\hA WAR CRIME.
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{\an7}BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
\h\h\h\hTO AVOID IT IN REALITY.
338
00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE PRIORITY WAS
WE’VE GOT TO DEFEAT THE GERMANS
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{\an7}BECAUSE, IN A WAY, WE ACCEPT
THAT NORMANDY IS GOING TO BE
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{\an7}REALLY THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB
\hFOR THE WHOLE OF FRANCE.
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00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,480
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIF WE CAN DESTROY
THE GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY,
342
00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,880
{\an7}THEN THE REST OF FRANCE
\h\h\h\hWILL BE SAVED.
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{\an7}Narrator: WHILE THE BRITISH
\h\h\h\hAND CANADIAN TROOPS
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{\an7}GRADUALLY LIBERATE
THE CITY OF CAEN,
345
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE AMERICANS
CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE
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{\an7}\hAGAINST A STRONG
GERMAN RESISTANCE
347
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,280
{\an7}ON THEIR WAY TO SAINT-LÔ.
348
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,240
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF ALLIED SOLDIERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE TRAPPED
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{\an7}IN THE NORMANDY BOCAGE.
350
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{\an7}\h\hTHE INCESSANT RAIN AND MUD
SLOW THEIR PROGRESS EVEN MORE.
351
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{\an7}TO ESCAPE THIS FATAL LABYRINTH,
THEY TRY AN INGENIOUS STRATEGY.
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{\an7}McManus: WE’VE GOT TO CREATE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA NEW OPENING
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{\an7}THROUGH THE HEDGEROWS,
BECAUSE THE MAIN ONE,
354
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{\an7}THE GERMANS HAVE COVERED,
355
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:56,880
{\an7}AND THEY’RE GOING TO
\h\h\hKILL EVERYBODY
356
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,640
{\an7}WHO MOVES THROUGH THERE.
357
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,840
{\an7}SO, THEY BEGIN TO WELD,
\h\hIRONICALLY ENOUGH,
358
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE REMNANTS
OF GERMAN BEACH OBSTACLES,
359
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,880
{\an7}THE METAL, ONTO THE FRONT
\hOF TANKS WITH PRONGS...
360
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,640
{\an7}...AND BEGIN TO USE
\h\hTHE TANKS THEN
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{\an7}TO PUNCH A NEW OPENING
THROUGH THE HEDGEROW.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hNarrator: WITH THESE
SO-CALLED RHINO TANKS,
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{\an7}THE ALLIES TAKE THE GERMANS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY SURPRISE.
365
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,200
{\an7}BUT FOR EVERY HEDGE CROSSED,
366
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,840
{\an7}THEY REMAIN AT THE MERCY
\hOF THE ENEMY SOLDIERS.
367
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,480
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
368
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,400
{\an7}McManus: AS THE GERMANS HAVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE DITCHES,
369
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBEYOND THE HEDGEROW,
A LOT OF PANZERFAUST GUNNERS.
370
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,520
{\an7}IT’S A ONE-TIME, ONE-SHOT
\hKIND OF ANTI-TANK WEAPON
371
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,160
{\an7}THAT CAN BLOW UP YOUR TANK,
372
00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,200
{\an7}SO THE INFANTRYMEN HAVE TO MOVE
\h\h\h\hVERY CLOSE TO THE TANK
373
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,600
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND BASICALLY WHAT
THE MILITARY CALLS "CLEAN OUT"
374
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,000
{\an7}THE GERMANS IN THE DITCHES.
375
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,520
{\an7}THAT BASICALLY MEANS KILL THEM.
376
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,120
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND VERY CLOSE,
FACE-TO-FACE QUITE OFTEN.
377
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,560
{\an7}AND THEN THE TANKERS
\h\h\h\hWILL LAY DOWN
378
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,560
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHAT’S CALLED
WHITE PHOSPHOROUS FIRE,
379
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,000
{\an7}\hAND WHITE PHOSPHORUS
IS A TERRIBLE WEAPON.
380
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,240
{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S BASICALLY A CHEMICAL
THAT WILL JUST BURN THROUGH YOU
381
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,760
{\an7}AS LONG AS IT HAS OXYGEN.
382
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,560
{\an7}[BOOM]
383
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,880
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBeevor:
IT WAS A VERY DIRTY BATTLE.
384
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,640
{\an7}I MEAN, THE GERMANS THEMSELVES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDESCRIBED IT
385
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,280
{\an7}AS A SCHMUTZIGER BUSCHKRIEG,
\h\h\h\h\h\hA DIRTY BUSH WAR.
386
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,080
{\an7}AND GENERAL COLLINS, WHO’D BEEN
\h\h\hFIGHTING IN THE FAR EAST,
387
00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,560
{\an7}SAID THIS WAS WORSE
\hTHAN THE JUNGLE.
388
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,280
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
389
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:47,440
{\an7}♪
390
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:55,640
{\an7}♪
391
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,160
{\an7}Narrator: ON JULY 18th,
392
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,280
{\an7}\h\h\hAFTER THREE WEEKS
OF RELENTLESS FIGHTING
393
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,400
{\an7}SINCE THE CAPTURING
\h\h\hOF CHERBOURG,
394
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,520
{\an7}THE ALLIED SOLDIERS FINALLY
ENTER THE CITY OF SAINT-LÔ.
395
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,080
{\an7}BUT UPON ARRIVAL,
NOT MUCH REMAINS.
396
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:18,120
{\an7}♪
397
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,360
{\an7}THE SOLDIERS HAVE TO ADVANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\hEXTREMELY SLOWLY
398
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,800
{\an7}AS THE GERMANS HAVE MINED
\h\h\h\hTHE ENTIRE CITY.
399
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,080
{\an7}A FEW CIVILIANS EMERGE
\h\hFROM THEIR SHELTERS
400
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,520
{\an7}TO SEARCH THE RUBBLE FOR OBJECTS
THAT MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED
401
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,640
{\an7}THE ONSLAUGHT OF ALLIED BOMBS.
402
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,440
{\an7}\hAFTER CHERBOURG, SAINT-LÔ
IS THE SECOND GREAT VICTORY
403
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,200
{\an7}FOR THE ALLIED COMMAND.
404
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,640
{\an7}BUT THE STATE OF THE CITY,
405
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,640
{\an7}WHICH IS LATER NICKNAMED
"CAPITAL OF THE RUINS,"
406
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,600
{\an7}EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGH PRICE
\h\hOF LIBERATING NORMANDY.
407
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:14,360
{\an7}♪
408
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:19,720
{\an7}♪
409
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,920
{\an7}AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF FIGHTING,
410
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,560
{\an7}\h\hTHE TROOPS’ MORALE
IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
411
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,880
{\an7}\hEVERY FOOT GAINED
AGAINST THE GERMANS
412
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,560
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMES AT THE COST
OF INTENSE AND MERCILESS COMBAT.
413
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:38,000
{\an7}♪
414
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,920
{\an7}McManus: THERE’S THE STRESS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NOT KNOWING
415
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,520
{\an7}WHEN THE NEXT GERMAN SHELL
\h\h\h\hIS GOING TO COME IN
416
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,000
{\an7}AND WHETHER IT’S GOING TO HIT
\h\h\h\h\h\hNEAR YOU OR NOT.
417
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,040
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hCook: THEY SEE
A VERY LIMITED BATTLEFIELD.
418
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,400
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S A BATTLEFIELD
WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEY DIE
419
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,560
{\an7}AND WHERE THEY FIGHT
AND WHERE THEY KILL.
420
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:03,240
{\an7}♪
421
00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:13,040
{\an7}♪
422
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,560
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: FOR THE SOLDIERS,
THE WARM WELCOME OF THE LOCALS
423
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,560
{\an7}REMINDS THEM WHY THEY CAME HERE
\h\h\h\h\hTO RISK THEIR LIVES.
424
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:30,640
{\an7}♪
425
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,960
{\an7}♪
426
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:50,000
{\an7}♪
427
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:58,240
{\an7}♪
428
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,800
{\an7}A LITTLE ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES,
429
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,400
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSIMPLE GIFTS
THAT LIFT THE MEN’S SPIRITS
430
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,440
{\an7}BEFORE THE NEXT ADVANCEMENT,
431
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,680
{\an7}THE NEXT MORTAR FIRE,
432
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,480
{\an7}THE NEXT DEAD.
433
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,320
{\an7}Cook: OVER TIME, MANY OF THEM
REALIZE THAT THE ONLY WAY OUT
434
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,800
{\an7}WAS TO BE KILLED OR WOUNDED,
435
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,720
{\an7}EVEN AS REINFORCEMENTS
\h\h\hCAME BEHIND THEM.
436
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:29,320
{\an7}♪
437
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,640
{\an7}THEIR WORLD BECAME VERY SMALL.
438
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,480
{\an7}BATTLE STRESS BECAME
A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM
439
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,840
{\an7}IN THE FIGHTING IN NORMANDY,
\hAND IN JULY AND IN AUGUST,
440
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,000
{\an7}AS THE STRAIN CONTINUED,
441
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,480
{\an7}BETWEEN ABOUT 20 AND 30 PERCENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE CASUALTIES
442
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,560
{\an7}WERE COMBAT STRESS.
443
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:53,600
{\an7}♪
444
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,520
{\an7}Narrator: TO COMPENSATE
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR LOSSES,
445
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,640
{\an7}REINFORCEMENTS LAND DAILY
\hON THE NORMANDY BEACHES
446
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,760
{\an7}\h\hAND ARE IMMEDIATELY
SENT TO THE FRONT LINE.
447
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,560
{\an7}AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF
\h\hOF INTENSE FIGHTING,
448
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,320
{\an7}THE MAIN CITIES OF NORMANDY
449
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,400
{\an7}HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE HANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE GERMANS,
450
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,760
{\an7}BUT THE BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER.
451
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:22,040
{\an7}♪
452
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:27,320
{\an7}♪
453
00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,040
{\an7}TO PIERCE THE GERMAN DEFENSES
454
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,280
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ACCELERATE
THE TROOPS’ MOVEMENT,
455
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,920
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE ALLIED COMMAND
LAUNCHES OPERATION COBRA.
456
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:40,480
{\an7}♪
457
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:48,040
{\an7}♪
458
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,240
{\an7}McManus: COBRA IS CONCEIVED
\hAROUND THE IDEA OF, GOSH,
459
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,000
{\an7}WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT BOMBERS,
460
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,440
{\an7}\hALL THIS AIRPOWER WE’VE BEEN
USING TO PUMMEL GERMAN CITIES.
461
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,640
{\an7}WHAT IF WE CARPET-BOMBED
462
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,200
{\an7}A PART OF THE GERMAN LINES
\h\h\h\hIN THESE HEDGEROWS
463
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,760
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO PUNCH A HOLE
AND HAVE AN OPENING NOW
464
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,960
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR OUR ARMOR
AND ALL OF OUR OTHER TROOPS
465
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,040
{\an7}TO GET THROUGH HERE
\h\h\hVERY QUICKLY?
466
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,720
{\an7}IT MAKES A GREAT DEAL
\hOF SENSE ON PAPER.
467
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,320
{\an7}IT’S IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
468
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,160
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT IT CREATES
SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
469
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,960
{\an7}WHY? BECAUSE THE BOMBERS
\hARE NOT THAT ACCURATE.
470
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,920
{\an7}YOU’RE ASKING THEM
\h\hTO DO SOMETHING
471
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,440
{\an7}THEY’RE NOT REALLY
CAPABLE OF DOING,
472
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,840
{\an7}WHICH IS TO BOMB CLOSE,
473
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,200
{\an7}WITHIN ABOUT 1,000
\h\hTO 2,000 METERS
474
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,040
{\an7}OF THEIR OWN GROUND TROOPS.
475
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,640
{\an7}THEY’RE LUCKY TO HIT A TARGET
\h\hWITHIN THREE MILES OR SO.
476
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:41,720
{\an7}♪
477
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:47,560
{\an7}♪
478
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:55,200
{\an7}♪
479
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:03,600
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
480
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:10,520
{\an7}♪
481
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,320
{\an7}Narrator: FOR TWO DAYS,
\h\hTHOUSANDS OF BOMBS
482
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,360
{\an7}\h\hHIT THE FRONT LINE
SOUTHEAST OF SAINT-LÔ.
483
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,440
{\an7}♪
484
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:24,280
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
485
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:31,480
{\an7}♪
486
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,480
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcManus:
OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS,
487
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,360
{\an7}JULY 24th AND 25th, 1944,
488
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,920
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE HEAVY BOMBERS
COME OVER FROM ENGLAND
489
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,400
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THEY BOMB IN FRONT
OF THE U.S. ASSAULT DIVISION.
490
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,760
{\an7}THEY BOMB SHORT, AND THEY KILL
\h\hSEVERAL HUNDRED AMERICANS.
491
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,760
{\an7}THIS IS, I BELIEVE, THE GREATEST
FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT
492
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,800
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
493
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,760
{\an7}BUT ALSO THE GOOD NEWS IS
IT DOES TREMENDOUS DAMAGE,
494
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,320
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF COURSE,
TO THE PANZER LEHR DIVISION,
495
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,280
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE GERMANS WHO WERE
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS,
496
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,880
{\an7}\h\h\hAND SO COBRA DOES
WHAT IT’S DESIGNED FOR.
497
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:19,360
{\an7}♪
498
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,600
{\an7}Beevor: THE PANZER LEHR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDIVISION,
499
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,960
{\an7}OTHER GERMAN DIVISIONS,
500
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,920
{\an7}WERE SO BADLY THROWN
BY THE HEAVY BOMBING
501
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,840
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY WERE
IN A COMPLETELY DAZED STATE
502
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,920
{\an7}WHEN THE AMERICANS GOT TO THEM.
503
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,720
{\an7}\h\h\hWITHIN TWO DAYS, THE REAL
BREAKTHROUGH HAD BEEN ACHIEVED.
504
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,680
{\an7}Narrator: IN JUST A FEW DAYS,
505
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,360
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF GERMANS
ARE TAKEN PRISONER.
506
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,920
{\an7}THE REICH FORCES HAVE SUFFERED
ONE OF THEIR HEAVIEST DEFEATS
507
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,840
{\an7}SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR.
508
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,800
{\an7}DESPITE THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE,
509
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,600
{\an7}THE MILITARY SUCCESS
\hOF OPERATION COBRA
510
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,920
{\an7}BRINGS THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY
\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO A NEW PHASE.
511
00:30:53,960 --> 00:31:00,440
{\an7}♪
512
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:10,040
{\an7}♪
513
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,040
{\an7}ON JULY 28th,
514
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,400
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE TOWN OF COUTANCES
IS CAPTURED BY THE ALLIES.
515
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,800
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE SAME DAY,
A NEW COMMANDER ARRIVES--
516
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,400
{\an7}GENERAL PATTON.
517
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,560
{\an7}\h\h\hFAMOUS FOR HIS FEATS
IN NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY,
518
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,600
{\an7}PATTON HAS JUST TAKEN COMMAND
\h\h\hOF THE THIRD U.S. ARMY.
519
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,360
{\an7}HIS MISSION--MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH
TO THE SOUTH OF NORMANDY.
520
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,280
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBeevor:
THE GERMANS FEARED PATTON
521
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,920
{\an7}MORE THAN ANY OTHER
\h\hALLIED GENERAL.
522
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,200
{\an7}PATTON’S NEW JOB, WHICH HE WAS
\h\h\hEXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT,
523
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,240
{\an7}WAS THE PROSPECT OF TAKING OVER,
HAVING HIS OWN ARMY,
524
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,720
{\an7}\hONCE THE BREAKOUT
CAME FROM NORMANDY.
525
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:57,960
{\an7}♪
526
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,840
{\an7}Narrator: IN JUST FOUR DAYS,
527
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,400
{\an7}\h\h\h\hPATTON’S TROOPS
WILL RETAKE THE CITIES
528
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,760
{\an7}BETWEEN COUTANCES AND AVRANCHES
529
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,080
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ADVANCE MORE THAN
50 KILOMETERS TO THE SOUTH
530
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,880
{\an7}AT A PACE NOT YET SEEN
\h\h\h\hIN THIS BATTLE.
531
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:21,440
{\an7}♪
532
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,960
{\an7}AS THEY PROGRESS,
533
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,160
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF GERMAN SOLDIERS
\h\h\h\h\hARE TAKEN CAPTIVE.
534
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,000
{\an7}Beevor: THIS REALLY
\hTOOK THE AMERICANS
535
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,600
{\an7}ALL THE WAY THROUGH,
DOWN PAST AVRANCHES,
536
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,760
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND OUT OF NORMANDY,
EVEN INTO NORTHERN BRITTANY.
537
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:42,800
{\an7}IT WAS A SPECTACULAR SMASHING OF
THE GERMAN ARMIES IN NORMANDY.
538
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHIS WAS DEFINITELY
THE START OF TAKING THE FIGHT
539
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,760
{\an7}RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH
\h\h\h\hINTO FRANCE.
540
00:32:51,800 --> 00:33:00,840
{\an7}♪
541
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,560
{\an7}Narrator: ON JULY 31st,
\hPATTON AND HIS TROOPS
542
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:08,040
{\an7}RECLAIM THE PONTAUBAULT BRIDGE
THAT CROSSES THE SÉLUNE RIVER.
543
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,280
{\an7}\hTHEY GAIN DIRECT ACCESS TO THE
WEST OF FRANCE AND TO BRITTANY.
544
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:19,720
{\an7}♪
545
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,320
{\an7}THE FOLLOWING DAY,
546
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,040
{\an7}\hTHE AMERICANS ARRIVE
AT MONT-SAINT-MICHEL,
547
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,480
{\an7}COMPLETELY ABANDONED
\h\h\h\hBY THE ENEMY.
548
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:36,560
{\an7}♪
549
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:41,600
{\an7}♪
550
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,840
{\an7}PATTON’S BREAKTHROUGH
\hIS A SERIOUS SETBACK
551
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,600
{\an7}FOR THE GERMAN ARMY.
552
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,120
{\an7}\hMcManus: THE GERMANS ARE
IN AN EXISTENTIAL SITUATION
553
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,160
{\an7}IN NORMANDY.
554
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,720
{\an7}AND THE LOGICAL THING TO DO
555
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,480
{\an7}WOULD BE TO SIMPLY
\hRETREAT EASTWARD
556
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,720
{\an7}\h\hAND GET OUT OF THERE
AND FIGHT SOMEWHERE ELSE,
557
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,200
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT WE’RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT LOGIC
558
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,560
{\an7}\hWHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMEONE LIKE ADOLF HITLER.
559
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,160
{\an7}Narrator: INSTEAD OF ORDERING
\h\h\hHIS TROOPS TO RETREAT,
560
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,160
{\an7}\h\hHITLER DECIDES
TO COUNTER-ATTACK.
561
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,720
{\an7}HIS PLAN--SEND HIS TANKS
TO THE TOWN OF MORTAIN,
562
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,000
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCLOSE TO WHERE SEVERAL
AMERICAN UNITS HAVE JOINED UP.
563
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,560
{\an7}THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A BREACH
\h\hIN THE ALLIED CONFIGURATION
564
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,440
{\an7}MEANT TO REACH AVRANCHES
565
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,760
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY CUTTING
THE AMERICAN ARMY IN TWO
566
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,360
{\an7}AND REGAINING CONTROL
\h\h\h\hOF THE AREA.
567
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:38,280
{\an7}♪
568
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,080
{\an7}RELUCTANTLY, THE GERMAN
\hGENERALS ON THE GROUND
569
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,280
{\an7}PREPARE THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE.
570
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,360
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBeevor: THEY HAD
THESE FIRM ORDERS FROM HITLER,
571
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,400
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEVEN THOUGH
MOST OF THE COMMANDERS
572
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,160
{\an7}OF THE GERMAN PANZER UNITS
573
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,880
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE DUBIOUS
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR OPERATION.
574
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,360
{\an7}BUT THEY HAD NO OPTION, BUT THEY
HAD TO GO AHEAD AND ATTACK.
575
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,360
{\an7}Narrator: ON AUGUST 7th, 1944,
576
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:08,120
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE GERMANS LAUNCH
A COUNTERATTACK IN MORTAIN,
577
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,040
{\an7}CODE NAME--OPERATION LÜTTICH.
578
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:22,080
{\an7}♪
579
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,160
{\an7}\h\h\hCOLUMNS OF PANZERS ATTACK
THE 30th U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION
580
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,640
{\an7}WITH FULL FORCE.
581
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:32,160
{\an7}♪
582
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE GIs RESIST
THE POWERFUL GERMAN TANKS
583
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND MANAGE TO SLOW
THE NAZI TROOPS’ PROGRESS,
584
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,680
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGIVING TIME
FOR REINFORCEMENTS TO ARRIVE.
585
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:44,800
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
586
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,720
{\an7}WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THE MASSIVE
\h\h\h\hINFLUX OF ALLIED FORCES
587
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPUSHES BACK
THE GERMAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE.
588
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:56,640
{\an7}HITLER’S OPERATION LÜTTICH
\h\h\h\hIS A TOTAL FAILURE.
589
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,800
{\an7}\h\hMcManus: THE GERMANS SUFFER
AT LEAST 50 PERCENT CASUALTIES,
590
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,120
{\an7}PARTICULARLY ALONG THE ROADS
\h\h\h\hTHAT KIND OF ENVELOP
591
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,480
{\an7}ON EITHER SIDE OF MORTAIN.
592
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,680
{\an7}IT’S REALLY A DISASTER
\h\h\hFOR THE GERMANS.
593
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,880
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: BY MID-AUGUST,
THE GERMAN FORCES ARE DEFEATED.
594
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:20,880
{\an7}\h\h\hON AUGUST 15th, 1944,
HITLER THROWS IN THE TOWEL
595
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,120
{\an7}AND ORDERS HIS TROOPS
\h\hTO FLEE NORMANDY.
596
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,760
{\an7}ARRIVING FROM THE WEST,
597
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:30,800
{\an7}THE AMERICANS ADVANCE
598
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,040
{\an7}AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS ARGENTAN
599
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,080
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO JOIN FORCES
WITH THE BRITISH AND CANADIANS.
600
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,400
{\an7}VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hONE BY ONE,
601
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,360
{\an7}THEY OCCUPY ENEMY POSITIONS.
602
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,320
{\an7}THEY ANNIHILATE THE AREAS
\h\hOF GERMAN RESISTANCE.
603
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,800
{\an7}THE SMALL VILLAGE OF RÂNES,
604
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,520
{\an7}TIRELESSLY HELD BY THE WEHRMACHT
AND AN SS UNIT,
605
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,600
{\an7}IS REDUCED TO RUBBLE.
606
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:10,840
{\an7}♪
607
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,000
{\an7}DOZENS OF CIVILIANS ARE KILLED.
608
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,000
{\an7}BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO EXPEL
609
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:20,160
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEVERY LAST STANDING
GERMAN SOLDIER IN NORMANDY.
610
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:27,680
{\an7}♪
611
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,160
{\an7}[BOOM]
612
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,680
{\an7}BRADLEY AND MONTGOMERY
613
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,120
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOORDINATE
THE ALLIED TROOPS’ MOVEMENT.
614
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,440
{\an7}IN THE WEST, THE AMERICANS
615
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,400
{\an7}ADVANCE TOWARDS THE SEINE.
616
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:38,400
{\an7}IN THE NORTH,
617
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:39,480
{\an7}THE BRITISH AND CANADIANS
618
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:40,760
{\an7}INCREASE THEIR PRESSURE
619
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,240
{\an7}ON FALAISE.
620
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:43,360
{\an7}IN THE SOUTH,
621
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,360
{\an7}THE FRENCH ARMORED DIVISION
622
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:45,960
{\an7}OF GENERAL LECLERC,
623
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,240
{\an7}ALONG WITH THE AMERICANS,
HEAD BACK UP TO ARGENTAN.
624
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,080
{\an7}\h\h\hBETWEEN THE CITIES
OF FALAISE AND CHAMBOIS,
625
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,960
{\an7}A POCKET STARTS TO FORM,
626
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,800
{\an7}TRAPPING NEARLY 100,000
\h\h\hGERMAN SOLDIERS.
627
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,560
{\an7}IF THE ALLIES MANAGE TO CLOSE
\h\hTHE GAP ON THE EAST SIDE,
628
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,480
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY WILL CUT OFF
ANY CHANCE FOR ESCAPE.
629
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,920
{\an7}\h\h\hBeevor: BRADLEY BOASTED
TO VISITORS TO HEADQUARTERS,
630
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,360
{\an7}\h\h\h"NEVER DOES A GENERAL GET
AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE HAVE NOW
631
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,680
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CLOSE THIS GAP
AND BASICALLY TO SEAL THEM OFF."
632
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:19,600
{\an7}Cook: THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD BEEN FOUGHT
633
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,600
{\an7}OVER HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES,
634
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,800
{\an7}BUT IT SEEMED TO FUNNEL
\h\hAT THE FALAISE GAP.
635
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,880
{\an7}AND THIS ENORMOUS BATTLEFIELD
\h\h\h\hOF HUNDREDS OF MILES
636
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:36,480
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hGETS FOCUSED DOWN
TO A VERY SMALL DEADLY PLACE.
637
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,000
{\an7}♪
638
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,400
{\an7}[BOMBS WHISTLING]
639
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,640
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: TO WEAKEN
THE ENEMY’S FINAL DEFENSES,
640
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE ALLIED AIR FORCES
HAMMER THE GERMAN POSITIONS.
641
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,840
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE GROUND,
THE FIGHTING IS UNPRECEDENTED.
642
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:59,600
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
643
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,760
{\an7}THE CANADIANS TAKE FALAISE
644
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,440
{\an7}ON AUGUST 17th,
645
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,120
{\an7}TRUN, THE 18th.
646
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,800
{\an7}LITTLE BY LITTLE, THE VISE
647
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,480
{\an7}TIGHTENS ON THE GERMANS.
648
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,360
{\an7}THEY HAVE A CORRIDOR OF NO MORE
649
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,200
{\an7}THAN SEVEN KILOMETERS WIDE
650
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,360
{\an7}TO FLEE TO THE EAST.
651
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:24,720
{\an7}♪
652
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:30,560
{\an7}Beevor: THE MASSACRE INSIDE THE
POCKET AT FALAISE WAS HORRIFIC.
653
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,440
{\an7}THE FIGHTER BOMBERS
\hKEPT ON COMING IN.
654
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,480
{\an7}ALL OF THE GERMAN
TRANSPORT HORSES,
655
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,280
{\an7}DRAGGING FIELD HOSPITALS
\h\hOR GUNS OR WHATEVER,
656
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,520
{\an7}WERE JUST SIMPLY MACHINE-GUNNED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THEIR TRACES.
657
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,520
{\an7}THE SMELL, THE STENCH OF CORPSES
FOR WEEKS AFTERWARDS
658
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,720
{\an7}WAS SIMPLY APPALLING.
659
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,120
{\an7}\hIT WAS A TURKEY SHOOT, AS THE
AMERICANS WOULD HAVE CALLED IT.
660
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,160
{\an7}Narrator: ON AUGUST 21st,
661
00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,840
{\an7}\hTHE FALAISE POCKET IS CLOSED
ONCE AND FOR ALL IN CHAMBOIS.
662
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,960
{\an7}TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GERMANS
\h\h\h\h\hARE TAKEN PRISONER,
663
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,080
{\an7}AND THOUSANDS LAY DEAD.
664
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,680
{\an7}THE BATTLE WILL LATER BE KNOWN
AS THE STALINGRAD OF NORMANDY.
665
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:26,600
{\an7}McManus: YOU HAVE THOUSANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF DEAD BODIES,
666
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,200
{\an7}\h\hANIMALS AND HUMANS,
THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
667
00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:30,960
{\an7}EISENHOWER WILL LATER
\h\hWALK IT FAMOUSLY
668
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,200
{\an7}AND SAY IT WAS POSSIBLE TO WALK
669
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:33,920
{\an7}FROM ONE SIDE OF A FIELD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO ANOTHER
670
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,880
{\an7}\h\h\hWITHOUT EVER STEPPING
ON ANYTHING BUT DEAD FLESH.
671
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:44,040
{\an7}♪
672
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,880
{\an7}Cook: I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
\h\h\hTO TRY TO IMAGINE TODAY,
673
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,280
{\an7}\hTHAT FALAISE GAP
FILLED WITH CORPSES
674
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,560
{\an7}AND WOUNDED, SCREAMING MEN.
675
00:40:54,600 --> 00:41:00,160
{\an7}♪
676
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,920
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THAT WAS
THE PRICE OF VICTORY.
677
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:10,760
{\an7}♪
678
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,640
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THE CITY OF ARGENTAN,
679
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:17,000
{\an7}\h\h\hLIBERATED THE DAY BEFORE BY
THE 80th U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION,
680
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,040
{\an7}CAMERAS IMMORTALIZE THE MEETING
681
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,840
{\an7}\hBETWEEN THE SOLDIERS
AND THE CITY’S MAYOR.
682
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:25,960
{\an7}IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUBBLE,
683
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,120
{\an7}\h\hSOME CIVILIANS FINALLY DARE
TO EMERGE FROM THEIR SHELTERS.
684
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:37,040
{\an7}♪
685
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,200
{\an7}THE FALAISE-CHAMBOIS BATTLE
\h\h\hWILL BE THE LAST ONE
686
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:44,040
{\an7}\h\hIN THESE THREE MONTHS
OF FIGHTING IN NORMANDY.
687
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:49,600
{\an7}\h\h\hON THE ALLIED SIDE, 220,000
SOLDIERS WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED,
688
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,000
{\an7}AND 20,000 CIVILIANS
\h\h\h\hWERE KILLED.
689
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,960
{\an7}\hON THE GERMAN SIDE, THE REICH
ARMY LOST MORE THAN 200,000 MEN
690
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,720
{\an7}AND ANOTHER 200,000
WERE TAKEN PRISONER.
691
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,400
{\an7}♪
692
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,760
{\an7}\h\hBeevor: ON AVERAGE,
A BATTALION AND A HALF
693
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,840
{\an7}WERE BEING GROUND DOWN
\h\h\h\h\hOR DESTROYED
694
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,920
{\an7}ROUGHLY EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
695
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,560
{\an7}IN MANY CASES,
696
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,840
{\an7}A DIVISION WOULD LAST NO LONGER
\h\h\h\h\hTHAN, SAY, TWO WEEKS.
697
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:20,320
{\an7}WELL, THIS GIVES ONE AN IDEA OF
\hHOW MUCH NORMANDY CONTRIBUTED,
698
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,280
{\an7}I THINK, TO THE OVERALL
\h\h\h\hALLIED VICTORY,
699
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,880
{\an7}JUST PURELY IN THE CASE
\h\hOF THE DESTRUCTION
700
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,000
{\an7}OF GERMAN FORMATIONS.
701
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:34,760
{\an7}♪
702
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,400
{\an7}Narrator: BY THE END OF AUGUST,
703
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:40,240
{\an7}HORDES OF SOLDIERS AND VEHICLES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLAND AT CHERBOURG
704
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,920
{\an7}AND HEAD EAST TO ERADICATE
THE REST OF THE NAZI ARMY.
705
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:53,520
{\an7}♪
706
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:57,160
{\an7}\h\h\hCook: EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT
THE LANDINGS ON THE 6th OF JUNE.
707
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,520
{\an7}VERY FEW PEOPLE COULD TELL YOU
708
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,840
{\an7}WHAT HAPPENS IN JUNE
AND JULY AND AUGUST
709
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND HOW THE BATTLE
FOR NORMANDY ACTUALLY ENDED.
710
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,720
{\an7}♪
711
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,320
{\an7}AND I THINK TO THIS DAY,
712
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:15,280
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE ARE STILL DEALING
WITH THOSE BATTLES, THAT WAR,
713
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,640
{\an7}TRYING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT,
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT,
714
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:24,480
{\an7}TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RUINS
\h\h\hOF NORMANDY 75 YEARS AGO.
715
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:31,760
{\an7}♪
716
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,280
{\an7}Narrator: AS FEW AS 50 CAMERAMEN
717
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,360
{\an7}TIRELESSLY SHOT EACH DAY
OF THIS HISTORIC BATTLE.
718
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,640
{\an7}THEY LEFT BEHIND HUNDREDS
\h\hOF HOURS OF FOOTAGE,
719
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,920
{\an7}SOME OF WHICH ONLY SURFACED
\h\h\h\h\h\hDECADES LATER.
720
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:48,320
{\an7}♪
721
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,080
{\an7}FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS,
722
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,720
{\an7}THESE IMAGES WILL REMAIN
\h\h\hTHE FINAL WITNESSES
723
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,320
{\an7}OF NORMANDY’S 85 DAYS OF HELL.
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