D-Day

What were the D-Day landings?

On the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in German-occupied France, we explain what went on.

Eighty years since D-Day

D-Day 80: We Were There. Video, 58 minutes
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
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BBC Two
Available for 11 months
John McOwan: ‘We hoodwinked Hitler’ Video, 00:03:29
Posted
23 May
Joe Cattini: I saw teen soldiers crying for their mothers. Video, 00:03:13
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UK
Posted
4 June
Bill Redston: 'We knew it could have been us killed' Video, 00:03:31
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UK
Posted
21 June 2023
George Spencer: 'I had the best view of the landings' Video, 00:02:32
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31 May
Ken Cooke: 'I'd never been on a boat before' Video, 00:03:03
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21 May
Bill Gladden: 'I made a rather unorthodox landing' Video, 00:03:27
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Suffolk
Posted
26 April

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Wartime evacuee babies reunite at historic hospital
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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3 days ago
Great-grandfather, 88, takes on D-Day skydive
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Surrey
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5 days ago
Teen cadet's pride in D-Day veteran trip to France
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Tyne
Posted
16 June
'Best send-off ever' for D-Day veteran at funeral
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Suffolk
Posted
15 June
The Food Programme. D-Day - The Food that fuelled the assault. Audio, 43 minutes
Leyla Kazim explores the food that fuelled the troops heading into D-Day.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Flying Nightingales celebrated 80 years after first flight
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Wiltshire
Posted
13 June
Cadet 'humbled' to support D-Day veteran
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Lancashire
Posted
13 June
'Incredible' support for fundraising D-Day trek
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Dorset
Posted
12 June
'We met the King... and Macron took the pictures'
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Essex
Posted
11 June
Sunak says he has not considered resigning as PM
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Politics
Posted
10 June
D-Day flotilla sees 20 boats remember historic event
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Peterborough
Posted
9 June
Farage defends claim PM 'doesn't understand our culture'
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Politics
Posted
9 June
'Love isn't just for young people': D-Day veteran, 100, weds bride, 96. Video, 00:01:12
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Europe
Posted
9 June
Pride flag swapped for Union flag after complaints
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
8 June
Penny Mordaunt says Rishi Sunak leaving D-Day event was 'wrong'
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Politics
Posted
8 June
WW2 vehicles from UK join more D-Day parades
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Somerset
Posted
8 June
Band of Brothers stars take part in D-Day jump
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Wiltshire
Posted
8 June
How some metal tape disrupted WW2 German radar
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Wiltshire
Posted
8 June
Veteran revealed D-Day secret at family wedding
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Gloucestershire
Posted
8 June
Flotilla event to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
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Peterborough
Posted
8 June
'The French are more polite than most of us'
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8 June
What two US presidents said at D-Day, 40 years apart. Video, 00:01:42
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US & Canada
Posted
7 June
New D-Day pillar of remembrance unveiled in city
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Bristol
Posted
7 June
Swinney condemns Sunak's early return from D-Day events
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Scotland Politics
Posted
7 June