The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color - Season 1 Episode 3 Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day
The third episode focuses on the European theater during the months between D-Day, in June 1944, and V-E Day, in May 1945. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are the seizure, two days before D-Day, of a German U-boat carrying Enigma code machines; the massive Allied assault on the beaches at Normandy; the jubilant welcome received by G.I.s after the liberation of Paris; freed American POWs burning their prison; Red Cross "doughnut girls"; the first Jewish Sabbath service conducted at the just-liberated Dachau concentration camp; and V-E Day celebrations following Germany's surrender.
- Year: 2003
- Country:
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: world war ii
- Director:
- Cast: Martin Sheen
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