Apocalypse: D-Day Le grand assaut (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

Apocalypse: D-Day

Le grand assaut (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

In June 1944, the Allied armada launches an assault on the Normandy coast, with soldiers charging in successive waves on a successful and historic day.

Directors

Isabelle Clarke | Daniel Costelle

Writers

Isabelle Clarke | Daniel Costelle

Producer

Diane Imbault-Huart

Composer

Léon Rousseau

Editors

Karine Bach | Isabelle Clarke | Isabelle Garibal | Sonia Romero

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 6, 2024

Release date

Jun 6, 2024 (United Kingdom)

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
Mathieu Kassovitz Narrator (voice) (version: French) Narrator (voice) (version: French) See fewer	Amélie (2001)
Nathan Rippy Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Taken (I) (2008)
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Norman Cota Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer
Charles de Gaulle Self - French General (archive footage) Self - French General (archive footage) See fewer	Une mauvaise rencontre (1981)
Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert Self - French General (archive footage) Self - French General (archive footage) See fewer	Croix de Lorraine en Italie (1944)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Self - French General (archive footage) Self - French General (archive footage) See fewer	Le pavillon argentin à la Cité Universitaire de Paris (1949)
Marlene Dietrich Self - German-American Actress (archive footage) Self - German-American Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Martha Gellhorn Self - American War Reporter (archive footage) Self - American War Reporter (archive footage) See fewer	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Hermann Göring Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Alfred Jodl Self - German General (archive footage) Self - German General (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self - British General (archive footage) Self - British General (archive footage) See fewer	Victory at Sea (1952)
George S. Patton Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Huston Riley Self - U.S. Soldier (archive footage) Self - U.S. Soldier (archive footage) See fewer
Erwin Rommel Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) See fewer	Deutsche Soldaten in Afrika (1942)
Lucie Marie Rommel Self - Wife of Erwin Rommel (archive footage) (as Lucia Rommel) Self - Wife of Erwin Rommel (archive footage) (as Lucia Rommel) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)
Manfred Rommel Self - Son of Erwin Rommel (archive footage) Self - Son of Erwin Rommel (archive footage) See fewer	Kirche zu verkaufen (1979)
Simone Segouin Self - French Partisan (archive footage) Self - French Partisan (archive footage) See fewer
George Stevens Self - American Film Director (archive footage) Self - American Film Director (archive footage) See fewer	Giant (1956)
Döme Sztójay Self - Prime Minister of Hungary (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Hungary (archive footage) See fewer
Arthur Tedder Self - British Air Marshal (archive footage) Self - British Air Marshal (archive footage) See fewer
Walter Warlimont Self - Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (archive footage) Self - Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (archive footage) See fewer	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)