World War II: Secrets from Above

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Sunday 23 February

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 3:00 PM, Sunday 23 February. (Subtitles, audio description.)

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