Three fascinating documentaries detailing the preparation tactics & action that brought together this historic day: D-Day. ; ; More than 5 000 ships ranging in size from battleships to landing craft landed 156 000 troops on five beaches along 50 miles of Normandy coastline code named Gold Juno Sword Utah & Omaha. Above them more than 1 000 planes dropped paratroopers to secure the flanks & beach exits as the allied forces under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower began their assault on Hitlers fortress Europe. ; ; Featured programmes: ; 1. Normandy Invasion ; 2.D-Day Minus One ; 3. The French Campaign