<b>The inspiring true story of Martha Gellhorn''s perilous, secret journey to become the only female journalist to cover the D-Day landings of 1944</b><br><br>THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. JUNE 1944.<br><br> On a dark night at the height of World War Two, thousands of ships charge across the ocean towards the French coast. This is Operation Neptune: the beginning of the fight to free Europe from the Nazis. The next few weeks will turn the tide of the war.<br><br> On board one of the hospital ships, disguised as a nurse, is Martha Gellhorn. A seasoned war correspondent, she talked her way onboard, hiding in a lavatory until it was too late to send her back. Now Martha is on her way to make history as the only woman to set foot on the beaches on D-Day.