Season 1 · Episode 4 Recent

Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 · 137 min

June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams from the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.