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D-Day: The Last Heroes

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings, as surviving veterans tell the story of one of the most dramatic military operations in history.

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Veterans' interviews
By the time D-Day arrived, Commandos Fred Walker and Roy Can were already old hands at beach landings.
- Fred and Roy recall landing on Sword beach
- More veterans' personal s of D-Day
Looking back
Bob Sales watched his best friend Captain Dick Wright die, moments after arrival on Omaha beach.
- Bob reflects on the casualties of D-Day
- More veterans reflecting on D-Day
Veterans' profiles
George 'Jimmy' Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach, known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties.
- Jimmy's profile
- More veterans' profiles
BBC Two - Britain's Greatest Pilot

Captain ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying experiences and other adventures leading up to, and during the Second World War. Illustrated by archive and his own personal photos.
- Watch clips and look through archive photos

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