coming up, dwight eishor reading a message to allied forces in 1944. but first and newsreel■/ reportn the d-day invasion. ♪ ♪ >> the atlantic wall has been penetrated. the allies clung to a few beaches. now they have a solid foothold. material poured onto the beachheads at any favorable time and some unfavorable ones. the command has announced the battle of the beaches is complete. the tremendous offensive was bitterly contested. each passing hour diminish the chances. the american, british and canadian troops pressed forward onto the soil of france. they made contact with the french people. it was no pushover over driving the germans back. there were two enemies -- the germans and the heavy seas. german prisoners were taking almost at once. american and british aircraft. preventing the germans from marshaling reinforcements. american marauders, hiding places of nazi tank formations. with beaches free of enemy fire, lumbering bulldozers cleared the way for vital air landing strips. the blast of allied shells left shattered german defenses. survivors we