D-Day

The plan

The invasion

Epilogue: the days that followed

The United States declaration of war on Germany

The five greatest tanks of the war

The largest battleships of the war

The most effective bombers of the war

Weapons carried by U.S., U.K., Canadian, and German ground troops

Carrier pigeons

Operation fortitude: the inflatable army

Caring for the wounded

Clothing and equipment issued to a new GI in 1943

Monthly pay for an American GI in 1940

What they carried - U.S. airborne divisions

What they carried - U.S. ground assault troops

K rations: food on the go for American troops

Numbers tell part of the story

Operation overlord timeline