World War II in Colour Overlord (Season 1, Episode 9)
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TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

World War II in Colour

Overlord (Season 1, Episode 9)

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TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.

Writer

Jonathan Martin

Editor

Antony Oliphant

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Updated Oct 23, 2009

Release date

Jan 7, 2011 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Powell Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Italian Job (1969)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Gerd von Rundstedt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Erwin Rommel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deutsche Soldaten in Afrika (1942)
George S. Patton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Montgomery Speaks His Mind (1959)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Günther von Kluge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The German Liberation of Paris -1944 (2016)