"LEFT OF THE LINE" BRITISH, CANADIAN & FREE POLISH FORCES AT D-DAY & LIBERATION OF FRANCE 25225

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This film "The Left of the Line" (1945) is a historical documentary focusing on the specific military contributions of the British, Canadian, and Polish forces during the liberation of France in 1944. It explains the strategic importance of the British and Canadian "hinge" at Caen, which drew the bulk of German tank strength away from American sectors to facilitate the overall Allied victory in Normandy. Produced by the Canadian Army Film Unit in conjunction with the British Ministry of Information.

00:00 Main titles. Allied invasion plans for Europe are finalized in the spring of 1944.
1:18 May orders are sent for the mass movement of men and materials toward southern England.
2:42 Vast convoys of tanks and trucks converge on embarkation points for the invasion.
3:18 Ships built in both America and Britain gather in harbors along the south coast.
3:52 Officers study maps and models based on aerial reconnaissance of German defenses.
5:11 General Eisenhower gives the signal to attack on the night of June 5, 1944.
6:18 The largest armada in history fills the English Channel at dawn.

7:28 Allied forces land in France and break through the Atlantic Wall.
8:31 Bayeux is liberated and General Montgomery establishes his headquarters.
9:01 British and Canadian troops push south toward the town of Caen.
10:09 Strategy is explained where British and Canadian forces pin down 2/3 of German armor to allow for a US breakout.

13:56 Heavy bombers support the final clearing of Caen and the Orne River.
14:51 US forces break through into Brittany as Germans counterattack toward Avranches.
15:14 Typhoon aircraft using rockets destroy a division's worth of German tanks.

16:03 British, Canadian, and Polish armor move to close the gap at Falaise.

18:14 The trap is closed on the German 7th Army, leading to its systematic destruction.
20:03 Paris is liberated by American troops while British and Canadians move toward the Seine.
20:55 Engineers work through the night to bridge the Seine River for armor to cross.
22:37 The Allied advance reaches a speed of 240 miles in four days.
23:21 Canadian troops enter Dieppe, 2 years after the tragic 1942 raid, without a shot being fired.
24:48 Final statistics show 400,000 German losses and 1,300 tanks destroyed during the Battle of France.
25:43 Brussels is liberated on September 3 as the Allies move toward the Rhine and Germany.
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