Smithsonian Channel
  D-DAY: THE TRUE STORY OF OMAHA
Emmy® Nominated

What really happened on Omaha Beach in June 1944? What was it like for the men who had to fight their way ashore here - and how did they manage to win when so much seemed to go so wrong?

Strong personal testimony, interviews with historians and military experts from both sides of the Atlantic and state of the art Computer Generated Imaging combine to shed new light on one of the iconic stories of WWII.

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TURING DISASTER INTO VICTORY
A group of men who were in the wrong place at the right time.

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A FATAL ERROR
A misjudgment in a landing point put the first US Rangers on the wrong beach.

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ALLIED DECEPTION
The Germans were convinced that the Allied Forces were planning an invasion, except it was all a fake.

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RECREATING OMAHA BEACH
Check out how the producers of the show re-created the scene with only three actors and a few props!

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