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
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The War on Democracy
They Shall Not Grow Old
The Scarlet and the Black
Before Dawn
The Last Rifleman
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
The Bloody Hundredth
Hyena Road
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Ararat
Field of Lost Shoes
Overlord
Fires Were Started
Korengal
The Age of Stupid
The Kill Team
The Codes of War
The Battle of San Pietro