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BONUS: Spitfire vs Messerschmitt

Season 1 Episode 770

**THE D-DAY SERIES WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY**

Al Murray and James Holland are back again with warbird legend Richard Grace at his Northampton hangar ful…

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D-Day: Bloody Omaha? (Episode 6)
D-Day: Bloody Omaha? (Episode 6)

Season 1 Episode 769

Do the facts of the 6th June really live up to the myth of ‘Bloody Omaha’? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by US historian John McManus to dis…

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D-Day: The Beaches (Episode 5)
D-Day: The Beaches (Episode 5)

Season 1 Episode 768

It was the single most day in the entire Allied campaign during WW2, the storming of the beaches of Normandy on the 6th June 1944.

Al Murray and James…

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D-Day: Minelaying & The Airborne Drop (Episode 4)
D-Day: Minelaying & The Airborne Drop (Episode 4)

Season 1 Episode 767

Al Murray and James Holland continue to narrate the story of D-Day in stunning detail.

In today’s episode they spend time focusing on an often untold …

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D-Day: 24 Hours To Go (Episode 3)
D-Day: 24 Hours To Go (Episode 3)

Season 1 Episode 766

With only a few hours to go before Landing Craft are due to hit the beaches of Normandy, the Allies plan for Operation OVERLORD hangs finely in the b…

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D-Day: The Master Plan (Episode 2)
D-Day: The Master Plan (Episode 2)

Season 1 Episode 765

The Allied plan for OVERLORD is a masterclass in logistics. Al Murray and James Holland detail the roles of US and British forces in planning the lar…

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D-Day: The German Side (Episode 1)
D-Day: The German Side (Episode 1)

Season 1 Episode 764

May 1944, it is clear to Erwin Rommel that the Allied counter attack is just a few weeks away. The answer is simple - defend the Atlantic Wall.

But Na…

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USA: War Is Hell - A Soldier’s Story

Season 1 Episode 763

In a follow up to our superb episode in which John McManus opened up the archives to a glut of post-war surveys of US soldiers, the boys really dig i…

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USA: The Forgotten Island - Operation RECKLESS

Season 1 Episode 762

June 1944 was a month of allied invasion, both in Europe and the Pacific.

James Holland and John McManus discuss Operation RECKLESS, the invasion of H…

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The World's Greatest Spitfire Pilot

Season 1 Episode 761

Is the Spitfire the perfect plane? Al Murray and James Holland speak to Matt Jones - possibly the most experienced Spitfire pilot in the world. Matt …

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