Time Team
D-Day, Normandy - The Invasion Landings
E22 May 31, 2004 50m TV-G
60 years ago on D-Day, the allies invaded Nazi occupied France.
The invasion force made up of a 150,000 US, British and Canadian troops, was the largest in the history of western civilization.
The Americans were to land on Omaha and Utah beaches, Canadians on Juno and the British on Sword and Gold.
Almost half of the total troops were British and among them were the 400 infantrymen of the first Dorset regiment. They landed here on Gold beach on the 6th of June 1944, and this is the story of their day.
The invasion force made up of a 150,000 US, British and Canadian troops, was the largest in the history of western civilization.
The Americans were to land on Omaha and Utah beaches, Canadians on Juno and the British on Sword and Gold.
Almost half of the total troops were British and among them were the 400 infantrymen of the first Dorset regiment. They landed here on Gold beach on the 6th of June 1944, and this is the story of their day.
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