Encore generally airs older films released between the 1960s to the 1990s, with some newer movie titles (usually broadcast between six to nine months after their premiere on Starz) interspersed throughout the day (mostly on Sunday nights, as of the summer of 2014).
June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
Among the war's major turning points for the United States were the Battle of Midway (1942), the invasion of Italy (1943), the Allied invasion of France (1944), the battle of Leyte Gulf (1944) and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan (1945). The war ended with the Axis powers' unconditional surrender in 1945.