There are a few battles where the actual date is so well known as D-Day. The successful landing on the 6th June 1944 is regarded as one of the turning points in the Second World War.

The story of the landings has become well known to many people through films such as ‘The Longest Day’ and its memorable scenes such as the glider attack on Pegasus Bridge or the paratroopers caught on the church tower at Sainte-Mère-Église.