445: Breakout and Pursuit

Truck convoys of the Red Ball Express assembling in Normandy.

Patton’s Third Army broke through the front line in Normandy and quickly advanced behind German lines.

The weeks-long stalemate at Normandy was about to end.

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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

“O Canada”
Composed in 1880 by Calixa Lavallée. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.

Closing War Theme


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