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Europe on the Brink: The Road to D-Day” explores the tense, unseen struggle of preparation that shaped one of history’s greatest military operations. This documentary dives into the years leading up to the Allied invasion of Western Europe, revealing how both sides—Allies and Nazi Germany—spent countless months planning, experimenting, and preparing for a confrontation that would decide the fate of the continent.

From small-scale raids in Norway and the disastrous Dieppe assault to the strategic debates within German command and the innovation behind Normandy’s artificial harbors, this story is not about battlefield heroics, but about the unseen decisions, failures, and calculated gambles that set the stage for D-Day.

Witness the complex interplay of expectation, miscalculation, and ingenuity that defined the summer of 1944—and changed the course of World War II.


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