A compelling insight into the assault on D-Day; with survivors describing it as 'out of this world', we take a look at the impact on those that stayed at home.
D-Day transformed large parts of Britain into an armed camp. Troops came from all over the world. Relationships with the local residents grew and some of them lasted while others didn't.
Facing the bombing by the Luftwaffe, children in their thousands were evacuated. Sometimes, whole schools moved to safer areas. This is the story of one of them.
Britain made huge efforts to conceal from the Nazis the precise beaches on which the D-Day troops would land. This is the story of a highly successful deception plan.
The disaster of the raid on Dieppe is followed by a rehearsal for D-Day at Slapton Sands, which was interrupted by an onslaught of German E-boats, causing hundreds of deaths.
