In its first light on the 6th of June, 1944, D-Day. On this day, the Allies launched the largest combined land, air and sea operation ever from Southern England to liberate Europe from Hitler and Nazi oppression. Code named Overlord, the entire operation was a tremendous gamble. The element of surprise was paramount and through a tangle of intrigue, the German high command was led to believe the invasion would occur not at Normandy, but at Calais, only twenty miles from England across the narrow Strait of Dover. This DVD documentary tells the compelling story of the Normandy Invasion and includes rare color footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress

Featuring:
The Atlantic Wall
Operation Bodyguard
The Air Campaign
Atlantic Convoy
Pre-Invasion Training
Exercise Plus Six
Operation Neptune
Airborne Operation
Preparation by Fire
The Run to Shore
The American Sector
The British Sector
The Glider Landings
Foothold on the Continent
The Mulberries
The Hedgerows
V-1 Attacks
Operation Cobra
The German Counter-Attack at Mortain
The Falaise Pocket
Paris is Liberated