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LIVE POLL: Operation Overlord — 80th Anniversary D-Day Movie Tribute
Operation Overlord was the collective military efforts of allied forces in World War 2 to gain a continental foothold in Northern France. By winning the Battle of Normandy, the Allies intended to successfully exploit this gap in Germany's Atlantic Wall and liberate the remainder of German-occupied Western Europe. The 6 June 1944 D-Day assault began with nighttime drops of airborne personnel behind enemy lines and the subsequent morning multinational beach landings via its naval component, Operation Neptune. Over the next three months, Allied forces pushed deep into occupied Normandy and other parts of Northern France. At the end of August 1944, Overlord had successfully achieved most of its objectives with the Liberation of Paris and the retreat of the German Army over the Seine river. In tribute to the men and women who served on the 80th anniversary of this pivotal military operation, a movie poll about the films that depict Operation Overlord and related events. #DDay
Which of these selected movies about Operation Overlord, an associated operation conducted in support of it, or that pays homage to those who served is your favorite one?
Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/b7DC4IJseL8/
Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls545679903/copy/
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WW2's D-Day / Operation Overlord / Battle of Normandy Movies
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WW2's D-Day / Operation Overlord / Battle of Normandy Movies
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ANY NOTABLE OMISSIONS OR QUESTIONABLE INCLUSIONS? I AM STILL VETTING, ADDING AND DELETING ANSWER OPTIONS, AS WELL AS, DEFINING SELECTION CRITERIA.SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.
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@urbanemovies ,
For your consideration:
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
In the days leading up to the D-Day invasion, Lieutenant Commander Charles Edward Madison (James Garner) has to admit that he's having a pretty good war. He's the personal aide to Admiral William Jessup (Melvyn Douglas) and Charles is, if anything, making sure the Admiral gets whatever he wants. Liquor, good food, and girls are Charles' specialty, and for Emily Barham (Dame Julie Andrews), a driver who's been assigned to him, he's everything that she dislikes about Americans. Too loud, too rich, and too wasteful. For his part, Charles, a self-proclaimed coward, just wants to stay out of action. When Admiral Jessup suffers a nervous breakdown however, Charles finds himself on a zany assignment to film the arrival in Normandy of combat engineers. Meanwhile, Charlie and Emily have very much fallen in love.—garykmcd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americanization_of_Emily
... Chayefsky's screenplay loosely was adapted from the 1959 novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie, who had been a Seabee officer during Operation Overlord.[4] Controversial for its stance during the dawn of the Vietnam War, the film has since been praised as a "vanguard anti-war film".[5] Both James Garner[6][7] and Julie Andrews have considered the film to be the favorite of their films.[7][8] ...
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This is awkwardly stated. Allied forces entering Paris took a couple of days; it's only six or seven days if you count the French Resistance rebellion, which is hardly part of Operation Overlord. The German retreat over the Seine may have been completed by 29 August, but hardly took place only on that day.
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Congratulations, @urbanemovies!
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Operation Overlord — 80th Anniversary D-Day Movie Tribute
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