Friday 15 November, 10:00am - 11:00amon U&Yesterday

World War II: Battles for Europe

Series 1 Episode 2: The Battle of Caen

The Allies are bogged down in bitter fighting amid the hedgerows of Normandy. The British and Canadians are still short of the objective they planned to capture on D-Day: the city of Caen. Telling the story of the bloody fighting for the city. David Willey recounts the story of panzer ace Michael Wittman, Taff Gillingham demonstrates the MG42 machine gun, and Matthias Strohn describes the storm of the century that nearly wrecked Allied plans.

Category
Documentary / War / History / Miniseries
Cast and crew
  • Matthew WortmanDirector
  • Charles NoveNarrator
  • Stephen Bull
  • David Willey
  • Taff Gillingham
  • Matthias Strohn