Ike: Countdown to D-Day
A procedural, historically grounded drama focused on the strategic and logistical weight of preparing the D-Day invasion, emphasizing command decisions and military responsibility over intimate character study.
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.
Essence
Ensemble
Tom Selleck
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Remar
General Omar Bradley
Timothy Bottoms
Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith
Gerald McRaney
Lieutenant General George S. Patton
Ian Mune
Winston Churchill
Bruce Phillips
General Bernard Montgomery
John Bach
Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Nick Blake
Air Chef Marshall Tedder
Kevin J. Wilson
RAdm. Bert Ramsay
Christopher James Baker
Group Capt. Maj. James Stagg
David Mackie
Projector Sergeant
Carole Seay
Queen Elizabeth
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