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D-Day: The Last Heroes

D-Day: The Last Heroes

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D-Day: The Last Heroes

2013- 2013

1 Seasons

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Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings, as surviving veterans tell the story of one of the most dramatic military operations in history.

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