Tuesday, 6th June 1944, three divisions of paratrooper and glider forces descended on Normandy. Offshore was the largest seaborne invasion fleet in the history of the world, ready to unleash over 130,000 troops against Hitler's Atlantic Wall. More than 7,000 aircraft filled the skies.
Historical photographs, detailed battle maps and other materials present the story of the action that began the liberation of Europe, coinciding with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the event.
