8:00A
Story Feature
Eye on History: D-Day
Get firsthand stories from some of the 175,000 men who fought into the jaws of death on that fatal longest day. Gut-wrenching action and gripping on-camera accounts from veterans and historians recount the epic struggle as it has never been told before.
9:00A
Clash of Warriors
Eisenhower vs. Rundstedt
D-Day, June 6, 1944. In arguably the most pivotal battle of WWII, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower faced German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt on the beaches of Normandy.
10:00A
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal of D-Day
June 6, 1944--the greatest machine of World War II springs into action. It is made up of thousands of ships and aircraft, tens of thousands of men, and millions of tons of steel and concrete.
11:00A
Hell's Battlefield
D-Day Omaha Beach: Eight Hours of Defeat
The Normandy invasion was an Allied victory, but at the Omaha sector a human tragedy developed on June 6, 1944. The shocking losses, failures, and chaos in the Omaha landings have been obscured.
12:00P
D-Day: Lost Films
Part 1
For the 70th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe, we tell the story of D-Day in HD. Rare footage is rendered in High Definition, then combined with interviews from the men who lived through it.
2:00P
D-Day: Lost Films
Part 2
For the 70th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe, we tell the story of D-Day in HD. Rare footage is rendered in High Definition, then combined with interviews from the men who lived through it.
4:00P
Man, Moment, Machine
The Higgins Landing Craft
Examine Higgins' life and the boat that could land a platoon of 36 men and gear.
5:00P
D-Days in the Pacific
Death at the Tideline
D-Day--military-speak for the start of an amphibious attack operation--has become exclusive property of the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. But there were more than a dozen D-Days in the Pacific, half of them every bit the scale of Normandy.
6:00P
D-Days in the Pacific
Closing the Jaws
By the end of 1943, America's Pacific D-Days were being mounted with new expertise and power. The enemy found himself in amphibious pincers, with Admiral Nimitz attacking through the central Pacific and General MacArthur thrusting from the southwest.
7:00P
D-Days in the Pacific
The Final Graveyard
With the capture of the Marianas, the US amphibious war had pierced the inner defense ring of the Japanese Empire, and with MacArthur and Nimitz poised to attack the Philippines and islands on the Japanese doorstep, the enemy prepared a fight to the death.
8:00P
Story Feature
Eye on History: D-Day
Get firsthand stories from some of the 175,000 men who fought into the jaws of death on that fatal longest day. Gut-wrenching action and gripping on-camera accounts from veterans and historians recount the epic struggle as it has never been told before.
9:00P
Clash of Warriors
Eisenhower vs. Rundstedt
D-Day, June 6, 1944. In arguably the most pivotal battle of WWII, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower faced German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt on the beaches of Normandy.
10:00P
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal of D-Day
June 6, 1944--the greatest machine of World War II springs into action. It is made up of thousands of ships and aircraft, tens of thousands of men, and millions of tons of steel and concrete.
11:00P
Hell's Battlefield
D-Day Omaha Beach: Eight Hours of Defeat
The Normandy invasion was an Allied victory, but at the Omaha sector a human tragedy developed on June 6, 1944. The shocking losses, failures, and chaos in the Omaha landings have been obscured.
12:00A
D-Day: Lost Films
Part 1
For the 70th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe, we tell the story of D-Day in HD. Rare footage is rendered in High Definition, then combined with interviews from the men who lived through it.
2:00A
D-Day: Lost Films
Part 2
For the 70th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe, we tell the story of D-Day in HD. Rare footage is rendered in High Definition, then combined with interviews from the men who lived through it.
4:00A
Man, Moment, Machine
The Higgins Landing Craft
Examine Higgins' life and the boat that could land a platoon of 36 men and gear.
5:00A
D-Days in the Pacific
Death at the Tideline
D-Day--military-speak for the start of an amphibious attack operation--has become exclusive property of the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. But there were more than a dozen D-Days in the Pacific, half of them every bit the scale of Normandy.
6:00A
D-Days in the Pacific
Closing the Jaws
By the end of 1943, America's Pacific D-Days were being mounted with new expertise and power. The enemy found himself in amphibious pincers, with Admiral Nimitz attacking through the central Pacific and General MacArthur thrusting from the southwest.
7:00A
D-Days in the Pacific
The Final Graveyard
With the capture of the Marianas, the US amphibious war had pierced the inner defense ring of the Japanese Empire, and with MacArthur and Nimitz poised to attack the Philippines and islands on the Japanese doorstep, the enemy prepared a fight to the death.