10 Days To D-day [DVD]

Based on a new book, this program unfolds day-by-day, revealing through the letters and diaries of ten people the momentous ten days that led to the Allied invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944. Through the reconstruction of pivotal scenes, the program also details the stories of the three key titans at the top: Churchill, Eisenhower and Rommel. Woven among the profiles of these larger figures are the narratives of ten individuals poised on the brink of the impending invasion - A Canadian infantryman, a German soldier, spies and double agents, a French resistance fighter, Allied commanders and a paratrooper - some of whom are alive today and have given remarkable and moving interviews. With each diary entry, interview, archive segment and substantial reconstruction, the program is propelled forward, closer and closer to the beaches and flak-filled skies of D-Day.