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201253 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Operation Sussex

201253 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Free French forces were infiltrated by the OSS via parachute drop just before D-Day in this 2012 documentary.

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Bonnie Friedman

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Free French forces were infiltrated by the OSS via parachute drop just before D-Day in this 2012 documentary.

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A documentary about the infiltration by parachute drop of Free French by the OSS on the eve of D-Day.

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