Post Description

Source:dvb-recording from satellite

Duration:44 min 55 sec

Video:mpeg2, 2017 kbps, 704 x 576 px, 25 fps (pal)

Audio:mpeg2, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo, english

Subtitles:dutch, separate srt-file

Filesize:734 MB

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Compression:best, rar

partsize:16,000,000 bytes

no. of parts:45, hoc.part01.rar - hoc.part45.rar

verification:par2, 112 blocks added for repair (10%)

Posted by:Nenio

Group:a.b.documentaries, a.b.misc

Date:2010-12-05

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Information:

Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired
on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles 
focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research. 
It uses modern science to examine how the battles were won or lost.

According to History Television, "This series approaches the perennially interesting topic 
of famous battles in a fresh and exhilarating way. Focusing on the battlefield itself, 
each programme takes an important battle telling its story and posing a puzzling central question 
about the battle that recent scientific research is helping to illuminate - 
a contemporary journey of discovery and a compelling story from the past."

Pointe du Hoc was located on the coast to the west of the Omaha beach landings
and was the position of six 155mm cannons with a range of 25,000 yards. 
These cannons had a commanding view of both Omaha and Utah beaches and the potential 
to cause much damage to the invading force. The area had been bombed since May 
nd then grew in intensity during the three days and nights before D-Day. During D-Day, 
the USS Texas bombarded the point as did 18 medium bombers of the Ninth Air Force at H-20.
The point stood on cliffs between 85 to over 100 feet high at whose base was 
a very small rocky beach that offered no protection. Because the point was positioned 
on near impregnable cliffs, the Germans had concentrated their defenses in anticipation 
of a ground assault from inland. Above were heavily fortified concrete casements 
interlaced with tunnels, trenches, and machine-gun positions around the perimeter. 
Although the 716th Infantry Division was thinly stretched along 30 miles of the shoreline, 
approximately 200 German troops (125 infantry and 85 artillery men) were garrisoned in or around the point.

The task fell to Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder's 2nd Ranger Battalion and called for 3 Companies (D, E, and F) of the battalion to scale the heights. Company D was to approach the heights on the west, while E and F were to attack on the east. The main Ranger force (5th Battalion and Companies A and B of the 2nd) were to wait off shore for signal of success and then land at the Point. In addition to destroying the guns, the Rangers were to move inland and cut the coastal highway that connected Grandcamp and Vierville. They were then to wait for the arrival of the US 116th Infantry from Omaha Beach to the east - scheduled to relieve them at noon on the 6th. Once linking up with the main force, they were then to move on Grandcamp and Maisy to the west in order to attempt to link up with the forces that were to land at Utah beach.

Further release-notes:
After unrar you'll find two files: Battlefield_detectives_GunsOfPointeDuHoc.mpg and .srt
You can author your own dvd combining it with other videos (my favorite app is DeVeDe) or watch it on your computer.
Used software: project x, gspot, winrar, quickpar, jbinup.