D-Day, 1944: Voices from Normandy

this is the story of one of the most decisive days of the twentieth century - the 6th of June 1944, D-Day. It covers all the events leading to Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings of 1944, and describes in clear and simple language how the greatest invasion in the history of warfare was planned, tested and carried out, with all the problems, triumphs and disasters that took place before the event on on D-Day itself. Telling the stories of D-Day in their own words are American paratroopers, the men of the 4th Infantry Division and the US 1st and 29th Divisions.