Smithsonian Channel revisits D-Day landing
Network News Release …
History remembers D-Day, the greatest amphibious invasion ever attempted, as a great victory by U.S. forces, which were launched across the English Channel from the southern shore of England.
“D-Day – The True Story of Omaha Beach,” an original documentary premiering on D-Day’s 64th anniversary, evaluates evidence, old and new, to reveal that the pivotal battle at Omaha Beach was nearly a total disaster. Although an accidental breakdown in communications could have led to complete loss, the opportunity for victory was seized by a small group of men who were in the wrong place at the right time.
The documentary premieres at 8 p.m. Friday (June 6) on Smithsonian Channel (channel 267 on Direct TV, 374 on Dish Network). It sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of World War II through emotional personal testimony by U.S. survivors of the battle, interviews with historians and military experts from both sides of the Atlantic, and ambitious reconstructions of battle scenes using state-of-the-art computer-generated imaging.
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Would a cd of the Omaha beach/D-day invasion be available through Direct TV or Smithsonian?