In June of 1944 the Allies had gathered an overwhelming force in Britain and were preparing to begin the decisive campaign against Germany in Western Europe. They planned to land their forces in France and reach the German border by May of 1945. For Germany the only path to victory was pushing the Allied landings into the sea and destroying their forces.
00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Operation Overlord
01:41 - Breakout form Normandy
02:14 - Falaise encirclement
02:46 - Retreat to the Seine
03:23 - New Allied objectives
04:22 - Pursuit to the Siegfried line
05:12 - Operation Market Garden
06:21 - Opening the Channel ports
07:13 - Battles of Aachen
07:33 - Battle of Nancy
08:03 - Operation Dragoon
09:18 - Outro and Patreon credits
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