As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war, the future of Venice rests with three unwilling people, including an ex-slave and trained assassin; a spoiled, but grieving noblewoman; and a pauper girl who escapes after being buried alive.
This programme focuses on the largest sea-borne invasion in modern history and one of the world's most tightly kept secrets. It brings together despatches from the BBC War Correspondents who brought up-to-the-minute, graphic descriptions of the events to the listening public. This is a unique collection, a chance to hear history in the making: the day and the hour of D-Day June 1944.