Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

PG 2004 · 89 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, War, History, TV Movie

The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.

Directed by Robert Harmon · Written by Lionel Chetwynd

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