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.
Attribution
BBC Two
Available for 6 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
Attribution
UK
Posted
4 June
Bill Redston: 'We knew it could have been us killed' Video, 00:03:31
Attribution
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
Attribution
Suffolk
Posted
26 April

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The Science of D-Day. Video, 29 minutes
Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.
Attribution
BBC One
Available for 10 months
Britain at Sea. 1. New Century. Audio, 15 minutes
Admiral Lord West begins his history of the Royal Navy during the tumultous 20th century.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
D-Day: The Untold Story - Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea. Video, 58 minutes
Film exploring how things went badly wrong on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
Attribution
BBC Two
Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. 50th anniversary of D Day, 1994. Audio, 15 minutes
The 50th anniversary of D Day, and the Polish contribution in Normandy.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year