When Trumpets Fade (1998 TV Movie)

Peter Thomas: News Footage Narrator

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  Narrator, news footage : August 1944. The outcome of the Second World War appeared to be no longer in doubt. Paris was liberated. After four years of fighting, victory against the Germans seemed assured. Since the Normandy landings, American and Allied forces had battled their way across northern Europe, and pushed the German enemy to within its own homeland.