After creating the Combined Operations Command, British Commandos, a small, highly mobile raiding and reconnaissance forces began to be used.

The commando carried all they needed and operated in the field, to cause disruption and small-scale attacks on communication systems and enemy strongpoints.

The preparation, strategy and over-all campaign planning that went into this gigantic task involved a host of nations, including Canada.

In the Pacific War, similar preparations for combined amphibious invasions were taking place, with the U.S. island-hopping campaign successfully begun to wrest back occupied territory, despite desperate Japanese resistance.

On June 6, 1944, supported by an immense naval armada, Allied troops launch an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France.

Although facing a fierce resistance by Nazi forces, the Allied armies, established a beachhead on the Normandy coast, and move inland in a combined infantry and armour attack.

Greene, known for his work on both radio broadcasts as a news announcer at CBC as well as narrating many of the Canada Carries On series.