ITV Documentaries

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day (2014x7)

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If I Don't Come Home - Letters From D-Day (History Documentary) itv Wales Thursday 5th June 2014 on at 22:35 to 23:35 1 hour long On 6 June 1944 the Normandy Landings were launched on the north coast of occupied France. Carried out along five beaches - Omaha, Sword, Gold, Utah and Juno - it was the single largest seaborne invasion in history. To mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, this dramatised documentary follows four allied soldiers as they pen what could be their last letters to the people they love. Along with 150,000 of their comrades they face the most terrifying day of their lives, their aim, to liberate Europe from Nazi oppression. Their experiences form the background to this historical documentary through powerful and emotional readings of the words they sent home. In these letters, which have been treasured by the combatants' families ever since, the men open their hearts and in so doing give a unique insight into the raw reality and horror of battle - a battle from which only two of the four would return. Starring: Ben Lamb, Samuel West, Seamus Morrison, Tom Rhys Harries, Charlotte Hamblin