D-Day & Normandy
Battles & CampaignsThe Normandy Invasion was probably the largest and most extensive invasion in recent times and can certainly be regarded as a punctuation mark in our history. It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War and is one of the most documented campaigns in military history.
Our D-Day list features excellent personal accounts, narratives from leading historians and, of course, our popular series of battlefield guides - all of which bring something new and unique to our understanding of the battle code-named Operation Overlord.
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D-Day Quiz
Are you knowledgeable about Normandy? Doo-lally over D-Day? Take our quiz and test your skills!
The Normandy Invasion was probably the largest and most extensive invasion in recent times and can certainly be regarded as a punctuation mark in our history. It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War and is one of the most documented campaigns in military history.
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D-Day Quiz
Are you knowledgeable about Normandy? Doo-lally over D-Day? Take our quiz and test your skills! The Normandy Invasion was probably the largest and most extensive invasion in recent times and can certainly be regarded as a punctuation mark in our history. It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War and is one of the most documented campaigns in military history.
Start the Quiz
Carve Her Name With Pride
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris Iin 1921 to an English motor-car dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First… Read more...
Air War Normandy
So much ink has been spilt and so many miles of film expended on the amphibious invasion of Normandy on 6 June, 1944, otherwise known as D-Day, and so familiar have the images become of men leaping from their landing craft and wading ashore as shells exploded all around them, that it is all too easy to forget that none of this would have been possible… Read more...
D-Day Assault
Preceded by a massive airborne assault, the largest amphibious operation ever undertaken began on 6 June 1944 – D-Day. Over a fifty-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline 160,000 Allied troops came ashore on the beaches of Normandy. Supported by more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft, they quickly gained a foot-hold in Fortress Europe.… Read more...
Commandos and Rangers
In the dark days of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed his belief in ultimate victory by ordering the raising of the elite Commandos to 'break the intolerable shackles of defeat.' Having proved their worth in numerous raids and operations in the Mediterranean they and their American counterparts, the Rangers, were automatic choices for the… Read more...
Captured Memories 1930 - 1945
In this sequel to his successful first volume Peter Liddle brings his years of Oral History experience to the Thirties and the Second World War. He was the founder/Director of a new archive in 1999 specifically dedicated to the rescue of evidence of the Second World War which now documents the lives of more than nine thousand people in that war. Many… Read more...
Escaping with His Life
Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first major operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He escaped in Italy before his PoW camp at Fontanellato… Read more...
Hitler's Spyplane Over Normandy 1944
This is the story of the Arado 234, an aircraft that on one day in 1944, in the skies above Normandy, heralded the beginning of a new era in aviation: the jet era... For more than a century, the aviation industry has experienced continual change and upheaval. Many individuals have contributed to this field of developmental aviation over the course… Read more...
Wittmann Vs Ekins DVD
The story of two men destined to face each other on the battlefields of Normandy is told in this programme. Michael Wittmann was a knight of the Nazi empire, a natural and accomplished soldier and highly decorated. Like Wittmann, Trooper Joe Ekins, a shoemaker from Northamptonshire, was a volunteer for military service but there the similarities ended.… Read more...
Commando to Captain-Generall
This is the story of Brigadier Peter Young (1915-1988), a highly decorated soldier who was one of the founding members of 3 Commando, rising during WWII from 2 Lt to Brigadier in the space of 6 years. His battle honours include Vaagso, Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Burma. A career soldier, he returned to his parent regiment, the Beds and Herts,… Read more...
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