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4. The Longest Night...

On the eve of D-Day, Eisenhower writes a letter of apology for if the operation fails.

• 30 mins

5. Crash Landing

In the dead of night, airborne troops become the first Allied soldiers to land in France.

• 30 mins

6. The Armada Advances

Seven thousand ships depart from Britain. On board, the soldiers prepare themselves...

• 40 mins

7. Omaha Beach

American forces land on Omaha, the most deadly of the D-Day beaches...

• 43 mins

8. Suicide Squad

In this episode, a very personal D-Day story, the story of our host Paul McGann's father.

• 37 mins

9. Katastrophe

D-Day, but from the German perspective...

• 34 mins

10. Journalists on the Front Line

Allied journalists parachute into France and land on the beaches with the invasion force.

• 34 mins

11. Angels of Mercy

Thousands of nurses begin landing in France, some of them never to return...

• 40 mins

12. The Road to Paris

We conclude our D-Day story. What happened after the sixth of June?

• 59 mins