Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 12:01 a.m. BDST at 2:30)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 12:01 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/6:01 p.m. Eastern War Time (EWT); six hours before the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — D-Day began just after midnight today when three gliders were towed to the French coast under the cover of darkness to capture Pegasus Bridge.

Video: 'Ten Days to D-Day 6/7' (June 6, 1944, at :36)

Video: 'D-Day 24 Hours' (24 clips)