Following the lives of ten characters through their letters and diaries in the ten days before D-Day. The mini-series contains documentary interviews with the people on which the book, and this mini-series were based.
Ralph Fiennes
Narrator
Kate Steavenson-Payne
Sonia D'Artois
Richie Gibson
Cliff Morris
Jonie Broom
Bill Tucker
Jay Thomas
Glenn Dickin
Callum O'Neill
André Heinz
Clive Standen
Canadian Commanding officer
Don Gallagher
James Stagg
Anthony Dawes
Adm. Ramsey
Paul Haley
Gen. Eishenhower
Platoon
Night and Fog
Triumph Over Violence
City of Ghosts
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Nazi Concentration Camps
Father Soldier Son
The Hornet's Nest
The Man Who Saved the World
The Battle of San Pietro