The Normandy Invasion is a battle we thought we knew. History records that within hours, 2,000 men were killed. But new research has found that in reality, the casualty figures were more than double that. The story of D-Day has been re-told in dramas such as "Saving Private Ryan." But what really happened on Omaha Beach in June 1944? What was it like for the men who had to fight their way ashore here - and how did they manage to win when so much seemed to go so wrong? "Bloody Omaha" uses strong, emotional personal testimony, expert interviews with historians and military experts from both sides of the Atlantic and state of the art Computer Generated Imaging to shed new light on one of the iconic stories of WWII. Here's the full true story of "Bloody Omaha."
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TURING DISASTER INTO VICTORY
There were a lot of dead bodies. 2,000 men were killed within hours. There was no communication. Just a small group of men who found themselves in the wrong place at the right time. Yet, it became a turning point in the war.
A FATAL ERROR A misjudgment in a landing point put the first US Rangers team on the wrong beach. This set up events which changed the course of the invasion.
ALLIED DECEPTION The Germans were convinced that the Allied Forces were planning an invasion near Calais, France. Their intelligence recorded conversations, witnessed bombed out tanks and tracked troops. Except, it was all a fake, created by the Allies, to throw the Germans off the trail.
RECREATING OMAHA BEACH Thousands of soldiers stormed Omaha Beach in 1944. But check out how the producers of the show re-created the scene with only three actors and some props!
