World War II: Secrets from Above

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday 18 October

Road to Rome

Season 2 Episode 5 of 6

Operation Avalanche, the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on September 9 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy . The battle to liberate Rome proved to be one of the longest and bloodiest campaigns of the war

World War II: Secrets from Above airs on National Geographic Channel at 8:00 PM, Friday 18 October. (Subtitles, audio description.)

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