On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces landed on the shores of Normandy, signaling the beginning of one of the largest seaborne invasions in history.

Based on the book Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion by critically acclaimed WWII chronicler David Stafford, History presents a captivating profile of the events that took place in the momentous ten days before the incursion. Through the reconstruction of pivotal scenes, this compelling program 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, a paratrooper, and Allied commanders.

With each diary entry, interview, and substantial reconstruction, ten days are counted down, propelled forward, closer and closer to the ominous shores of Omaha Beach.