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.

VE Day: We Were There

From rationing to rejoicing: Three women’s bittersweet memories of VE Day
VE Day events honour last generation of WW2 veterans
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UK
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8 May
Candles, wreaths, famous faces: VE Day at 80 in pictures
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UK
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8 May
Watch: Royals, veterans and politicians attend VE Day thanksgiving service and concert. Video, 00:02:16
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UK
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8 May
Poignant thank you to a heroic generation
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UK
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5 May

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
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John McOwan: ‘We hoodwinked Hitler’ Video, 00:03:29
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23 May 2024
Joe Cattini: I saw teen soldiers crying for their mothers. Video, 00:03:13
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UK
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4 June 2024
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 2024
Ken Cooke: 'I'd never been on a boat before' Video, 00:03:03
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21 May 2024
Bill Gladden: 'I made a rather unorthodox landing' Video, 00:03:27
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Suffolk
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26 April 2024

Standing with Giants fully booked for viewings
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England
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7 days ago
D-Day veteran, 102, to captain JLR marathon team
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England
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28 October
Installation of D-Day silhouettes opens at fort
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England
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22 October
Standing With Giants: D-Day Commemoration. Video, 4 minutes
'Standing With Giants' represents British servicemen who gave their lives on D-Day
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BBC News
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The 'forgotten veteran' of WW2 hiding in plain sight
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Wales
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18 October
D-Day veteran Jim Glennie, 100, awarded honorary degree
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
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14 October
Volunteers set up D-Day installation at fort
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England
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7 October
Tributes paid to D-Day hero Albert Keir, 100
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Derbyshire
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7 October
Submerged D-Day Mulberry Harbour recovered at port
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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1 October
D-Day veteran to receive France's top honour
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Essex
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25 September
D-Day silhouettes find new home in the UK
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England
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25 September
D-Day veteran turns 100 with 15,000 cards
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Essex
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24 September
Minster has woollen scenes of wartime stitched up
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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7 September
D-Day veteran celebrates 100th birthday
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Wiltshire
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3 September
Watch as a 100-year-old veteran is honoured. Video, 00:00:28
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
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19 August
D-Day veteran who survived PoW camp celebrates 100th birthday
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
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19 August
'Top secret' D-Day landing maps to go to auction
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Derbyshire
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7 August
Funeral celebrates life of 'hero' D-Day veteran
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Gloucestershire
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5 August
How a wall in Surrey helped the Allies on D-Day
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Surrey
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20 July
D-Day silhouettes' charity appeals for host venue
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England
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14 July
Flying displays and parades mark Armed Forces Day
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North Yorkshire
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28 June
Funeral celebrates life of much-loved D-Day veteran
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Wiltshire
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17 June
'D-Day veterans plaque is a wonderful honour'
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Surrey
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6 June
Troops 'echo history' with exercise on D-Day beach
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Devon
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6 June

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