Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings ... known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties. Captain ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying ...

We have casualties.’ That truly was the day that Bedford fell on its knees,” said Parker. In time, the town of just 3,200 would learn that 20 young men died in the D-Day invasion, the nation ...

On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest amphibious landing operation the world has ever seen - Operation Neptune. In all five sectors allied troops, despite the element of surprise, sustained ...

By the time D-Day arrived, Commandos Fred Walker and Roy ... Known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties, none of the troops from his landing craft survived.