"The great crusade" / Professor Samuel J. Newland -- "Remember this is an invasion" - Planning and build-up / Dr. Duncan Anderson -- "The great shadow-boxing match" - Deception and intelligence / Dr. Christina J. M. Goulter -- "A very lofty perch" - Allied high command / Dr. Stephen A. Hart -- "Throw them back" - German planning and command / Professor Dennis Showalter -- "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories" - Air power / Professor Williamson Murray -- "The greatest military armada ever launched" - Operation NEPTUNE / Dr. Andrew Gordon -- Visitor to hell" - On the beaches / Professor Williamson Murray -- "Blood upon the risers" - Airborne / Professor Allan R. Millett -- "Their road will be long and hard" - The push inland / Ronald J. Drez -- "With unbelieving eyes" - The German experience / Professor Russell Hart -- "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" - OVERLORD and beyond / Dr. David I. Hall -- "The eyes of the world" - Commemoration and memorial / Carlo D'Este.