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首播时间:2008年1月6日,星期日
六十多年前,盟军登陆法国诺曼底五大海滩逆转了第二次世界大战的局势。[五大海滩:犹他海滩,奥马哈海滩,金海滩,朱诺海滩,剑海滩。译者注]诺曼底登陆日“D-Day”诞生了历史上最大的两栖登陆行动,它作为伟大的胜利名垂青史。但是新的研究显示,这段历史对于奥马哈海滩来说却是一场灾难。驻守在那里德国防御比预计的顽强,连续不断的空中袭击想置盟军于死地。这完全是一场惨败。对于受命登陆奥马哈海滩的部队来说,这儿几乎成了杀戮地带。
因为登陆奥马哈海滩是最棘手和血腥的一场战役,奥马哈海滩成为了诺曼底登陆所有战役的典型代表。历史记载,在这场战役里,短短几个小时就有2000员阵亡。然而新的研究显示,实际上的伤亡人数要多于4000。
一些电影讲述了诺曼底登陆日的历史事件,比如《拯救大兵瑞恩》。但是1944年6月在奥马哈海滩真正发生了什么?盟军杀出血路来登陆的情景究竟是怎样的?在许多情况似乎出错了的当时,盟军又是如何设法夺取胜利的?
《血战奥马哈海滩》采用有强烈情感倾向的个人证词;采访了大西洋两岸的史学家和军事专家;片中震撼的情景再现和当前最尖端的计算机全息成像技术带给人们对二战传奇战役的新思考。
一张被俘获的德国地图的发现和掩埋于诺曼底地下六十年之久的全套德国工事的再度出现,带给我们新的视角去观察,在计划诺曼底登陆日到真正登陆之间的一段时间里,德国的防御力量是怎样显著增强的。
最新的历史研究披露了我们以为自己熟知的一场战役的转折点。Timewatch将带领我们去寻找“血腥的奥马哈海滩”背后真实的故事。(喵喵驴驴译,错误之处烦请各位达人指正,谢谢)
First broadcast on: Sunday 6 January 2008
More than 60 years ago, the fate of World War II turned on five beaches in Normandy, France. ‘D-Day’ was the greatest amphibious invasion ever attempted. History remembers it as a great victory. But new research reveals that on Omaha Beach, it was very nearly a disaster. German defences there were far more ferocious than expected. A massive air strike intended to take them out, was a total failure. For the troops charged with this mission, it would become a killing zone.
Because it was the toughest and the bloodiest, Omaha Beach has become a symbol to represent all of the Normandy Invasion. History records that within hours 2,000 men were cut down. But now new research has found that in reality, the casualty figures were more than double that.
The story of D-Day has been re-told in dramas such as Saving Private Ryan. But what really happened on Omaha Beach in June 1944? What was it like for the men who had to fight their way ashore here - and how did they manage to win when so much seemed to go so wrong?
‘Bloody Omaha’ uses strong, emotional personal testimony; expert interviews with historians and military experts from both of the Atlantic; ambitious drama reconstruction and state of the art Computer Generated Imaging to she new light on one of the iconic stories of WWII.
The discovery of a captured German map and the re-emergence of an entire German battery, hidden under the Normandy soil for over sixty years, bring a new insight into how the strength of the German defences had increased significantly between the planning for D-Day and the invasion itself.
The latest historical research reveals a startling turning point to a battle we thought we knew. Timewatch goes in search of the full true story of ‘Bloody Omaha’.