Winston Churchill said that Operation Overlord was 'undoubtedly the most ... Follow the Allies as they land on the Normandy coast on 6 June 1944, that will forever be known as D-Day, and then ...

codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944. Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able ...

As part of the episode, a series of maps were flashed on ... troops embarked for Operation Overlord. The Allied operation, also known as the Battle of Normandy, saw more than 156,000 troops ...

Involving some of the highest levels of deception and most ambitious covert military planning the world has ever seen, Operation ... This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy ...