vulnerable german army, choosing a strategic landing point. >> they picked normandy, the germans expected invasion to come at caillat. -- calais. >> the french region of pas-de-calais was closer to england. >> 5 beaches. and they were spread out among 60 miles of coastline. >> a shrewd point of infiltration. to storm those 5 beaches. >> we'll try to liberate part of it we have to put millions of men through the beach head. >> 11,000 airplanes, 50 thousand vehicles, and 6 thousand ships to include landing craft, never before in the history of military operations has anything