Name: War Wrecks
Released: 2019-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · War & Military · Documentary

Between September 1939 and May 1945, thousands of fighter planes, bombers, boats, and tanks disappeared during operations over France, Germany, North Africa, Russia and in the Pacific. Some crashed in deserts and fields, others at sea or into marshes. The ships sank with their cargo and sailors. The tanks got stuck in bogs or were buried to fill in shell-holes.

2019 · 52m

EPISODE 1

The Lost Tanks of D-Day

In Normandy, June 6, 1944, a dozen Sherman tanks equipped with floats, the famous Duplex Drives (DD), leave their ship to swim to Omaha Beach... not all of them make it.

52m
EPISODE 2

The Last Flight of the Calvi B-17

Twenty-six metres beneath the waves near the majestic Calvi Citadel in Corsica lies an American B17 bomber plane from World War II. What happened after it was attacked by the German air force?

51m
EPISODE 3

The Secret Bunkers of Omaha Beach

On June 6 1944 Lieutenant Colonel Rudder’s Rangers company climbs the Pointe du Hoc cliffs of Normandy to destroy the German cannons down below. What happens when he discovers an obstructed bunker near the town of Maisy?

51m
EPISODE 4

The Tragic Sinking of Leopoldville

On the 24th of December 1944, 2 237 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry Division are aboard the Steamer Léopoldville.

51m

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