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Supporting Content

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• A killing field (from Episode 1) — Original Series, Episode 1

  Duration: 1:52

• Two kinds of men (from Episode 2) — Original Series, Episode 2

  Duration: 1:24

• Planning D-Day — Learning Zone

  Duration: 10:40

• The battle for Omaha — Learning Zone

  Duration: 12:51
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• A soldier's perspective — Original Series

• Veterans' interviews

  By the time D-Day arrived, Commandos Fred Walker and Roy Cadman were already old hands at beach landings.
  

  • More veterans' personal accounts of D-Day

  

• Looking back

  Bob Sales watched his best friend Captain Dick Wright die, moments after arrival on Omaha beach.
  

  • More veterans reflecting on D-Day

  

• Veterans' profiles

  George 'Jimmy' Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach, known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties.

  

• ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two - Britain's Greatest Pilot

  Captain ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying experiences and other adventures leading up to, and during the Second World War. Illustrated by archive and his own personal photos.