Preparations for D-Day

Description
Number ADA 10478
Collection Atelier des Archives
Title Preparations for D-Day
Original title D-Day
Duration 00:08:55
Keyword D day
Index : Landing, Parachutist, Navy, World war two, World War Two, carte d'état major, Bunker, Tank, Tank, JOUR J
Personalities : Eisenhower Dwight
Available format 4K
Sound Sonoer
Summary A very comprehensive report on the preparations for D-Day, also featuring German footage of the construction of the Atlantic Wall. The report reviews the full range of military resources deployed by the Allies: tanks, vehicles, artillery, railway equipment, ships and landing craft, aircraft and airborne troops. Numerous scenes show training exercises and loading operations.

At the end of the report, footage of the Normandy landings combines training footage with actual scenes from the D-Day operations on June 6, 1944.