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Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière sheds light on a pivotal, relatively unexplored battle to secure a critical route inland for allied forces invading Normandy, France on D-Day. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 3 days to finish once started.
5 de jun. de 2019 · With Kevin Farrell, Mark Harmon. The mortal ferocity of the battle for control of the small bridge at La Fière is testament to the bridge's strategic importance in the D-Day invasion of June 1944. Without control of the bridge, American forces coming from Utah Beach would not have been able to force their way inland.
24 de may. de 2019 · Seize and Secure: The Battle for La Fière tells the untold story of the bloodiest small arm... A small bridge, the French countryside, the outcome of the war...
Fought largely by paratroopers and glidermen from the 82nd Airborne Division, the battle to secure the bridge at La Fière is described as “probably the bloodiest small unit struggle in the experience of American arms.” Victory at La Fière cost more than 250 American lives, and yet the fateful engagement’s story is largely untold.
5 de jun. de 2019 · A new documentary on the battle, ‘Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière’, produced by the National WWII Museum, recently premiered. And a new film, to be directed by Saving Private Ryan senior military advisor Dale Dye, entitled ‘No Better Place to Die’, is in pre-production.
Synopsis. The mortal ferocity of the battle for control of the small bridge at La Fière is testament to the bridge's strategic importance in the D-Day invasion of June 1944. Without control of the bridge, American forces coming from Utah Beach would not have been able to force their way inland.
This documentary examines a relatively unexplored but pivotal battle to secure a critical route inland for allied forces invading France in June 1944. The fight for the La Fière causeway and bridge is one of the bloodiest small arms battles in U.S. military history.
