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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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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Starmer: Sunak has to answer for his own actions. Video, 00:00:56
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Politics
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7 June
Sunak's D-Day absence: How the PM walked into an election blunder
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Politics
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7 June
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Memorial bench honours Warwickshire D-Day soldiers
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Coventry & Warwickshire
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7 June
Children in poetic tribute to D-Day heroes
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Wear
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7 June
'I found myself in a war I hadn’t understood'
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Somerset
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7 June
'Biggest day since 1066': Army officer on D-Day
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England
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7 June
Pupils mark D-Day with models and 1940s dress
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Norfolk
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7 June
Standard bearer retires after 22 years of service
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Isle of Man
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7 June
Police escort D-Day veteran, 104, to memorial
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Essex
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7 June
Man hopes D-Day display sparks interest in history
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Cambridgeshire
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7 June
The Dunstable forecast that changed the D-Day date
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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7 June
Biden links WW2 and Ukraine war in D-Day address
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World
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7 June
Irish D-Day Catholics ‘owed great deal of gratitude’
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7 June
Isle of Man events mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
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Isle of Man
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6 June
Beacon lit at Hessle Foreshore to mark D-Day
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Hull & East Yorkshire
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6 June
King and world leaders attend emotional D-Day events
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UK
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6 June
Beacons light up to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day. Video, 00:00:45
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England
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6 June
Jersey remembers D-Day heroes on 80th anniversary
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Jersey
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6 June
D-Day 80th commemorations in NI and France
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Northern Ireland
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6 June
Bailiwick marks 80th D-Day anniversary
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Guernsey
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6 June
Zelensky and D-Day veteran call each other 'hero' Video, 00:00:10
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Europe
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6 June
Memorial represents lasting legacy of D-Day veteran
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Kent
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6 June
Veteran reads D-Day letter he sent home in 1944. Video, 00:01:35
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6 June
'We must keep war veterans' stories alive'
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Suffolk
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6 June