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The Light of Dawn: The Normandy Landings

8.2/ 1020141h 40m

DocumentaryWar

The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944 were pivotal to the outcome of WW2. We learn when Churchill and Roosevelt first proposed the operation and how preparations started—finishing with the key events of D-Day and the far-reaching effects of its outcome.

Directed by Jean-Christophe Rosé

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Samuel Le Bihan

Samuel Le Bihan

Himself - Narrator (voice)