Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and ...
It was actually a way of gathering intelligence on suitable beaches. D-day is simply a standard armed forces way of emphasising a particular day. It means THE Day, it’s like saying H-hour which ...
But the beaches were just the beginning. If D Day was to succeed the allies had to ... Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 and above in Scotland. Historian Dan Snow and numerous British ...
Remains of wartime installations can still be seen at Lepe on the Hampshire coast Historical D-Day structures on the Hampshire coast are once again accessible following repair work to a storm ...
who landed at Juno beach with the Royal Naval Commandos. After he was discharged, he worked as a fisherman in Overstrand, Norfolk, and died in 2021. Mr Worthington was at the 75th D-Day ...