Dad’s Secret War France 1944 on SBS airs Saturday 22 August at 5.25pm on SBS and streams on SBS On Demand. Kevin Bacon narrates a documentary about top-secret World War II operations after D-Day.
The film focuses on the OSS and British SOE, organisations responsible for silent, unseen missions of critical importance to defeating the Nazis.
The premiere gives SBS viewers a wartime documentary built around covert operations rather than frontline battle alone, with the French Resistance central to the story.
The documentary follows an American who joined the British SOE and parachuted into France with a small team to organise the French Resistance after D-Day.
What happens in Dad’s Secret War: France 1944
The mission was to stop Germany’s most feared troops from reaching Normandy in the days after the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944.
When to watch Dad’s Secret War: France 1944
Dad’s Secret War: France 1944 airs Saturday 22 August at 5.25pm on SBS and streams on SBS On Demand.
For more on the latest free-to-air television, visit SBS coverage on TV Central. Viewers can also catch up through SBS On Demand.
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