Facing New Weapons

Summary In the days and weeks and months that followed D-Day, the Allies used their air superiority to help crush enemy concentrations holding up the land advance at Caen and Falaise, and to support the advance on Paris and through into Belgium. The Germans retaliated with their new 'Vengeance Weapons'. V-1 flying bombs fell upon Southern England and the RAF had to resort to desperate measures to intercept them. At the same time, it became vital to find their hidden launch sites and obliterate the flying bombs before they could be unleased.

S1.E11 ∙ Facing New Weapons

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 16, 1955

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Air Ministry Ministry of Supply

Summary In the days and weeks and months that followed D-Day, the Allies used their air superiority to help crush enemy concentrations holding up the land advance at Caen and Falaise, and to support the advance on Paris and through into Belgium. The Germans retaliated with their new 'Vengeance Weapons'. V-1 flying bombs fell upon Southern England and the RAF had to resort to desperate measures to intercept them. At the same time, it became vital to find their hidden launch sites and obliterate the flying bombs before they could be unleased.

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 16, 1955

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Air Ministry Ministry of Supply

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