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
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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
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26 April

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Eroding D-Day wall to be recorded
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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9 April 2019
Event marks 75 years since tanks sank
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Dorset
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31 March 2019
Funeral held for D-Day veteran, 94
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Wales
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22 March 2019
Memorial plan for US D-Day servicemen
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Wales
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19 March 2019
Footage shows soldiers leaving for D-Day. Video, 00:01:00
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Cornwall
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11 March 2019
Bullet sculpture in memory of D-Day dead. Video, 00:00:45
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Manchester
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5 March 2019
D-Day anniversary sculpture unveiled
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England
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4 March 2019
Veteran, 95, given Legion d'Honneur. Video, 00:01:17
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Derby
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28 February 2019
Modern fighter plane gets WW2 makeover
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Suffolk
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2 February 2019
D-Day 75th anniversary plans revealed
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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16 January 2019
Royal Mail criticised for D-Day stamp mix-up
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UK
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28 December 2018
Spam fritters caused Dame Vera Lynn row
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UK
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28 December 2018
D-Day veteran awarded Legion d'Honneur
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Derby
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19 December 2018
'My GI dad never knew he had a daughter' Video, 00:01:38
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Dorset
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6 December 2018
Coins to mark 75th anniversary of D-Day
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
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15 November 2018
D-day veteran 'distressed' by loss of medal
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Tayside and Central Scotland
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14 November 2018
Last D-Day craft will land at museum
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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1 November 2018
Diving the D-Day Valentine tanks. Video, 00:01:11
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Dorset
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11 October 2018
Veterans sought for D-Day events
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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5 October 2018
'The last time I skydived it was D-Day' Video, 00:01:40
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Dorset
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17 September 2018
Hero's encounter with Nazi
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Northern Ireland
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15 September 2018
Funeral held for Pegasus Bridge veteran. Video, 00:01:05
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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19 June 2018
D-Day bunkers revealed in a new light
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In Pictures
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5 June 2018
Artistic tribute to D-Day airfield
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In Pictures
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4 June 2018