After 4 years of German occupation, the Allied forces in England were
ready to liberate France. An enormous force of infantry, armor,
airborne, naval and air forces stood poiced to strike the German
beach fortifications and dense bocage of Normandy. All hopes for the
liberation of France and the end of World War II would depend on the
success or failure of this invasion. Will Eisenhower's plan succeed, or
will Rommel's panzers throw the Allied invasion back to the sea?