NOVA D-day

[eveled]

Has anybody watched the NOVA D-day documentary? It has some underwater footage of the WWII artifacts at the bottom of the English channel. I have found it fascinating although I wish there was a lot more of the underwater footage.

The purpose of the expedition was to map the ocean floor and document the wrecks. What is really neat is that the new sonar they are using is so accurate in some cases you can see more detail on the sonar than in the murky water.

Also I had no idea so much was still visible at low tides. Ed

 

[graygun]

No,but the local PBS station (week before last) had a show related to,and attempting a simulation of,the RAF mission where they used a bouncing bomb to destroy a dam in WW2. They were using a DC-4 as a sub for the Lancaster.

I'd like to see the D-Day program.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

There are folks on the forum that attack people that watch PBS. :D :D

I can't imagine what it was like to live in a country like that and have war at your doorstep. :shock:

 

[Fox Mike]

The Association I belong to, the 29th Division Association, is presently at Omaha beach for the 70th anniversary of the landings. See here for more: http://29thdivisionassociation.com/Future%20Events.html

 

[eveled]

You can get it on demand. Just before the 2 minute mark, they show a ship in the tide. It looks like it is upside down, and the hull is rotting away it looks like the tracks from upside down tanks showing through the rust.

Really some fascinating footage. Also a lot of info about the planning that I had never thought about or seen before.

They used a huge catamaran sail boat for the sonar work, I bet they saved a lot of diesel. Must have been a real challenge keeping the boat in straight lines. They compared it to mowing the grass. Long overlapping passes to fully map the bottom.

However you feel about PBS, this show is worth watching.

 

[blume357]

The week after D-Day the storm of the century hit the coast of France and we lost more ships in that week from that storm than in the rest of the war.

 

[eveled]

The week after D-Day the storm of the century hit the coast of France and we lost more ships in that week from that storm than in the rest of the war.

They mentioned that storm. The temporary "Mulberry Harbor" they had just finished constructing, was a total loss in the storm.

 

[mohavesam]

Might as well watch the PBS show, regardless of your politics. Afterall, your tax dollars paid for the research and the production... :(

I'm sure it is interesting and if I can stream it, I'll watch!