D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings 80 years ago?

Alastair Bruce looks back at how the Allies carried out Operation Overlord and how it launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during the second world war.

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[bill-wdzs]

My Dad was there, Sword beach. He was wounded a few days later, not seriously but had a big dent and scar literally right between his eyes. I never did find out the details of that as he was great at changing the subject. RIP Dad.

[Skeeders]

I just got a sudden sense of pride for my Canadian heritage.

[mattinterweb]

Apparently 50% of 19-24 year olds in the UK don't even know what D Day was. If that's not a damning indictment of our education system I don't know what is.

[briancase]

We need many, many more TV and YouTube programs covering D-Day and WWII in general. We must never cease to educate so the truth will never be forgotten or overshadowed by lies and simple laziness. Thanks for this.

[michaelkelly]

Thanks to the British for winning air superiority in the region against the Luftwaffe. Without this it would have never been possible

[AlexODriscoll-zunf]

proudest thing for me personally as a canadian is that we were able to take part, god bless the heroes.

[ransom]

When our 3 nations stand together there is nothing we cannot accomplish. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸

[isackawala]

It wasn't Just D-day that claimed the lives of these heroes. They shed their bloods from Cairo to Bengazhi to the french colonies of Algeria and Morocco. Crossed the streets of Messina in Sicily and landing at Raggio and taranto in the extreme south of Italy before making multiple attempts to break through the heavily fortified Gustav Line and the tallest Hill top monestry known as Monte Casino. And months later they made it to Rome, Captured Mussorini and many other facists. May God Bless these allies!

[BattlefieldSoldierYT]

I Salute for those soldiers who have sacrificed their lives 😢

[ellicesanchez]

It is difficult to imagine being a leader and sending so many troops in knowing they will die, but the risk of not trying being even more catastrophic for all your people. The pressure of everyone involved must have been off the charts.

Thanks for the re-cap.

[liamfill]

An incredible achievement in the face of adversity, no one will ever know the horrors these men lived through, we can only thank them and remember their sacrifice, lest we forget

[johndoe-cdvt]

For those who don't know, 3000 french soldiers who went to UK in order to train and prepare the invasion were the first to put their foot on France (It was the first wave, so many of them have been killed, but their leader Philippe Kieffer and a few other did survive)

[Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Bernard Montgomery's original predictions were for the Normandy campaign to finish in 90 days, the Allies did it in 77 days. Under his leadership as Ground Forces Commander the campaign was completed 2 weeks earlier than predicted!

[Radictor]

Don't forget, this would not have been possible without the UK winning the Battle Of Britain

[ryanv]

Keep in mind the Germans were already undermanned/undersupplied by this point due to the massive scale of fighting in the eastern front with millions of troops on each side engaged on a huge frontline

[declancotter]

6th June, the third front opens with d day. 22nd June, operation bagration destroyed the german armies in the east, inflicted over 500, 000 losses and worst defeat in german history.

[opz]

And now it is the time to defend Europe once again !!!

[Starsky]

Absolutely unbelievable courage of those soldiers
I’m not religious but those guys need a prayer and love
They saved us

[PawsThought]

They fought to keep their countries free from invasion and preserve their way off life, that's what

[rorysmith]

The American and British veterans are heroes.