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1944. The Allies prepare for the largest military operation of World War II: the invasion of Normandy. Two German armies stand ready to hurl them back into the sea. As D-Day approaches, the balance of power in Europe teeters on a knifes edge.
After undergoing grueling special forces training in preparation for the mission, celebrated RAF pilot Johnnie Shaux arrives in Normandynot in the sky, but on one of the first landing crafts, dispatched to call in air support for the embattled Allied soldiers as they storm the beaches. Meanwhile, tactical military analyst Eleanor Shaux follows the events from Eisenhowers headquarters back in England, vividly aware of von Moltkes dictum: No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
As the battered and bruised Allies fight their way toward Germany, Hitler unleashes his new tools of destructionthe V1 buzzbomb and the V2 rocket. While Johnnie joins the RAFs risky efforts to paralyze Hitler��s weapons, the Allies launch the ill-fated airborne Operation Market Gardenagainst Eleanors advicedeep in enemy-held territory.
As 1944 draws to a close, the Nazis engage the Allied armies in a final desperate attempt to push them back in the Battle of the Bulge. And above the battlefield, Johnnie must contend with a game-changing, deadly threat: the worlds first operational jet fighter.
Genre: Historical
After undergoing grueling special forces training in preparation for the mission, celebrated RAF pilot Johnnie Shaux arrives in Normandynot in the sky, but on one of the first landing crafts, dispatched to call in air support for the embattled Allied soldiers as they storm the beaches. Meanwhile, tactical military analyst Eleanor Shaux follows the events from Eisenhowers headquarters back in England, vividly aware of von Moltkes dictum: No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
As the battered and bruised Allies fight their way toward Germany, Hitler unleashes his new tools of destructionthe V1 buzzbomb and the V2 rocket. While Johnnie joins the RAFs risky efforts to paralyze Hitler��s weapons, the Allies launch the ill-fated airborne Operation Market Gardenagainst Eleanors advicedeep in enemy-held territory.
As 1944 draws to a close, the Nazis engage the Allied armies in a final desperate attempt to push them back in the Battle of the Bulge. And above the battlefield, Johnnie must contend with a game-changing, deadly threat: the worlds first operational jet fighter.
Genre: Historical
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