The Real D-Day in Color. Rare WWII Historical Footage Restored

The spring of 1944 held a grim, unspoken promise across the free world . The shores of fortress Europe had to be breached . In the crowded coastal towns of southern England , the greatest amphibious armada in human history was quietly gathering strength . We step directly into the boots of the combat photographers who [music] wielded 16 mm cameras to capture the sheer magnitude of the Normandy invasion . Through meticulously restored and colorized archival footage , the immense [music] logistical nightmare of Operation Overlord is laid bare . From the untested sailors [music] learning to navigate flat-bottomed landing craft in Chesapeake Bay to the tense [music] agonizing days spent waiting aboard the transports in the English Channel , the human element of this massive endeavor is [music] striking . When the massive fleet finally moved out into the channel , stretching from one end of the horizon to the other , the reality of their destination set in . They were heading into the teeth of the German defenses toward beaches littered with mined triangles built [music] by forced labor , entirely dependent on the protective steel of their landing craft , and the courage of the men beside them . [music] June 9th, 1944. Allied troops in Normandy have moved inland . The work of the US Navy and Coast Guard and the combined Allied sea forces has been done . Work not without a price in men and material