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    D-Day Normandy Landing

    30:00 4/22/2026 History, Films and World Wars🇮🇱 Subtitled

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    D-Day Normandy

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    D-Day - הנחיתה בנורמנדי שהכריעה את המלחמה

    ב-6 ביוני 1944, "היום הארוך ביותר", נחתו 156,000 חיילי בעלות הברית על חופי נורמנדי בנפח הצי הצבאי הגדול בהיסטוריה. סרטון זה משחזר את "מבצע אוברלורד" באמצעות צילומים נדירים, מציג את 5 חופי הנחיתה (יוטה, אומהה, גולד, ג'ונו, סווורד), ומתעד את האסטרטגיה של אייזנהאואר, את ההטעיה הגאונית של "פטון פאנטום", ואת הקרב הקטלני שפתח את הדרך לשחרור אירופה.

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