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
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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
Posted
31 May
Ken Cooke: 'I'd never been on a boat before' Video, 00:03:03
Posted
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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Queen praises D-Day 'courage and sacrifice'
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
D-Day landings commemorated. Video, 00:01:54
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
Under pressure: Weather for D-Day landings. Video, 00:01:42
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Features
Posted
5 June 2019
'We're veterans, we are not the heroes' Video, 00:01:42
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London
Posted
5 June 2019
'We're just veterans, the dead are the heroes' Video, 00:01:42
Veterans share their memories of the D-Day landings, 75 years on.
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BBC
Posted
5 June 2019
‘My dad would have been so proud' Video, 00:01:04
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
5 June 2019
Nicky Campbell talks to his mum about D-Day. Video, 00:03:06
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
What we've learned from Trump's visit
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
Stand-off at anti-Trump protests
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
5 June 2019
'The fate of the world depended on their success' Video, 00:01:24
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
D-Day veteran receives top award
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Coventry & Warwickshire
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5 June 2019
Salvage vessel crew remembers 'dreadful' D-Day #DDay75. Steve Harris. Audio, 00:02:18
D-Day 75 - Former salvage vessel crew speaks of his D-Day experiences for the first time.
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BBC Radio Solent
Posted
6 June 2019
D-Day veteran: 'There was nothing to celebrate' Video, 00:01:57
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Bristol
Posted
5 June 2019
Trump joins Queen to commemorate D-Day
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
D-Day as the BBC reported it. Video, 00:04:56
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
Veterans honoured at D-Day commemorations
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UK
Posted
3 June 2019
10 things you might not know about D-Day
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
The man whose dad named him Deeday to mark World War II's D-Day landings. Newsday. Audio, 00:05:04
Deeday White tells us the story behind his name
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BBC World Service
Posted
5 June 2019
'Men drowned as they jumped off the boats'
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019
'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne'
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Stories
Posted
5 June 2019
Moral Maze. D-Day 75th Anniversary. Audio, 43 minutes
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
D-Day memories of 100-year-old Wren. Video, 00:01:14
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
5 June 2019
The 'weathermen' who helped save D-Day
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Scotland
Posted
5 June 2019
Hobart's Funnies: The unusual tanks of D-Day. Video, 00:01:27
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UK
Posted
5 June 2019