THE LOST TANKS OF D-DAY

Planes crashed. Ship sank. Tanks got stuck.

An episode from the series WAR WRECKS

Format: HD

Duration: 52’

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Available version: English

Rights: All Rights | Southeast Asia

Synopsis

June 6, 1944. Normandy. A dozen Sherman tanks equipped with floats, the famous Duplex Drives, leave their ship to reach Omaha Beach. Not all of them made it.

Going back over the history of this American war machine, we find out how and why this secret weapon was one of the greatest fiascos of the Normandy Landings.